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41. IOR/X/396/1-308

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/396/1-308
Title:
'The Spirit Levels and Trigonometrical Heights of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India, combined with Spirit Levels of the Department of Public Works (also Canal, Revenue, and other surveys). Expressed in feet and referred to the datum of the mean sea level of Karachi harbour.' - India Office map catalogue.
Scope & Content:
The following note is copied from the India Office catalogue: 'This title [see Title field above] (except the part in parentheses), appears at the head of the Second Editions of sheets 1 and 3 of the series; and as it seems to be well adapted to the general scope of the work, it is adopted here...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1869-1908
Extent:

44 map sheets and 39 folios

42. IOR/X/3247

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3247
Title:
‘Plan and Sections of Flint Island in the Westren [Western] Bay of Aden proposed for a Coal Depot’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by contours. Includes an outline plan of Flint Island with landmarks labelled for reference and seven corresponding sections. High water levels shown and measurements reported. The word 'Western' is misspelled in the title. Inscriptions: On verso, upper...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1844
Extent:
1 sheet

43. IOR/X/3114

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3114
Title:
Sketch of the Attack on Bushire. December 10th. 1856
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Calcutta, Lithographed by H.M. Smith at the Surveyor Generals Office. Signed by the Major Deputy Surveyor General at bottom right. Distinctive Features: Depths shown by soundings recorded in fathoms at low water. Sketch plan showing in red the positions of the British fleet on the ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1867
Extent:
1 map

44. IOR/X/3084

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3084
Title:
Map of the Coast from Kurrachee to Guadur showing the route traversed by Major Goldsmid and party
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading. Tracing of a sketch map of the Makran Coast showing Major Frederick John Goldsmid’s route from Guadur to Kurrachee with the telegraph line (both, build and under construction) marked. The boundary between territories under rule of Imam of Muscat,...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
after 1864
Extent:
1 map

45. IOR/X/3229

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3229
Title:
Sections of Ras-ul Girreff
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Series of five hand drawn longitudinal sections related to Ras-ul Girreff (Aden) compiled and signed by a Special Committee on the Aden Defences formed of Major Artillery William Jacob and Major C.W. Grant, Bombay 11th September 1843. Produced to accompany the ‘Plan shew...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1843
Extent:
5 items

46. IOR/X/376

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/376
Title:
A companion atlas to those published by Major James Rennell in 1779 and 1781, containing reprints of existing maps made by Rennell not published in his atlases nor in the Surveyor General's reprint (1910) of the 1781 atlas, illustrated by a memoir by F.C. Hirst and F.D. Ascoli, describing all the extant remains of Major Rennell's Surveys.
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Bengal, Government Press, 1914. The text accompanying this atlas was published as: A Memoir upon the maps of Bengal constructed from 1764 onward by Major James Rennell. Calcutta, Bengal Secretariat Book Depot, 1914 (catalogued separately)
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 volume

47. IOR/X/3218

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3218
Title:
A map of the south-western part of the Arabian Peninsula
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Drawn in transfer lithography by L.J. Hebert and printed at the Lithographic Establishment Quarter Master Generals Office Horse Guards. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. An outline map of the south-western part of the Arabian Peninsula showing routes across the regio...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1839
Extent:
1 map

48. IOR/X/377

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/377
Title:
'Index to the Districts and Divisions of India 1868 Fifth Edition'. Compiled in the Surveyor General's Office 1862 and lithographed 1866.
Scope & Content:
Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, railways, settlements, place names and administrative boundaries. Manuscript additions depict British territories, dependent, subordinate and protected states, and independent states. The original map, printed on paper, has been further mounted on ca...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1866-1868
Extent:

1 map sheet

49. IOR/X/393/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/393/2
Title:
Barometrical Sections: Cape Comorin to the source of the Taptee River near Mooltye; and Caves of Elloora to Masulipatam. Created by the British East India Company
Scope & Content:
Comprises 2 relief cross-sections: Cape Comorin to the source of the Taptee River near Mooltye Caves of Elloora to Masulipatam Portrays place names and barometrically derived altitudes, and includes notes on topography, climate and health. Vertical scale 1:12,000. The verso bears an affixed la...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1844?
Extent:

1 map sheet

50. IOR/X/3252

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3252
Title:
‘Outline Plan of the Works Connected with the Defence of the Main Pass at Aden’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by contours. Outline map showing Main Pass and Military Road with proposed fortifications including batteries, guard room and bridge across Main Pass with gateway. Landmarks lettered for reference with a key provided at the lower left-hand corner of sheet wh...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1846
Extent:
1 map