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1. IOR/W

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W
Title:
Maps from other India Office departments
Scope & Content:
In two sections: W/LPS/A to W/LPS/K - the separate collection of maps formed for reference by the Political and Secret Department in the late nineteenth century (cf Political and Secret Department Memoranda (L/P&S/8) and Library (L/P&S/20); W followed by a volume or file number (e.g. W/...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1850-1947
Extent:
c 1000 items

2. IOR/W/F/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/F/4
Title:
Maps and plans from the Board's Collections
Scope & Content:
Selected maps and plans from the Board's Collections
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1796-1858
Extent:
Unspecified

3. IOR/W/F/4/2219/110061

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/F/4/2219/110061
Title:
Plans of the Calcutta Botanic Garden
Scope & Content:
Three coloured plans of the Calcutta Botanic Garden in 1816, 1843 and 1846. Included in report on the Calcutta Botanic Garden by J McClelland dated 1846.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1816-1846
Extent:
3 plans

4. IOR/W/F/4/2536/147465

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/F/4/2536/147465
Title:
‘CHART of SOUTH AFRICA embracing the Revd David Livingstone’s travels beyond Kolobeng and the Great Lake NGAMI to Sisheke with the Orange River Sovereignty. Natal, British Caffraria and the Colonial Districts to the Eastward of Mossel Bay by Thomas Budden SURVEYOR’
Scope & Content:
The map sheet was originally contained in IOR/F/4/2536/147465 but was removed for conservation purposes. Manuscript tracing showing the route taken by the Reverend David Livingstone from Mossel Bay [in modern day South Africa] up to Sisheke [Sesheke, Zambia] during his travels in 1850-51. The a...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1853
Extent:

1 map sheet

5. IOR/W/F/4/2648/171870

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/F/4/2648/171870
Title:
Map of the Pakchan River
Scope & Content:
Signed by Lt Col Archibald Bogle, Commander in Tenasserim and Martaban, 18 Aug 1855. Map enclosed in letter from Bogle dated 18 Aug 1855, Consultation 30 Nov 1855 No 196.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mar 1843
Extent:

1 map

6. IOR/W/F/4/2648/172549

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/F/4/2648/172549
Title:
Plan of proposed site for soldiers’ garden at Rangoon, surveyed by Lt John Richard Magrath, Madras Artillery, 1850s
Scope & Content:
Signed by Lt Alexander Fraser, Bengal Engineers, Rangoon. Received 7 Jun 1856 Southampton.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1856
Extent:

1 map

7. IOR/W/F/4/2648/172620

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/F/4/2648/172620
Title:
Map of Toungoo and part of Burma
Scope & Content:
Enclosure to Lt Col Archibald Bogle’s letter 7 Sep 1853, no, 40.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1853
Extent:

1 map

8. IOR/W/L/PS/10/12 (ii)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/10/12 (ii)
Title:
Damascus-Mekka Railway
Scope & Content:
A printed map of the Hejaz Railway from Damascus to Mekka [Mecca]. The map is a copy of an original that was produced by Hajji Mukhtar Bey, Technical Adviser of the Hejaz Railway, and compiled by Captain (Artillery) Eumer Zekki and Lieutenant Hassan Muin, in the Printing Works of the Ottoman Min...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 map

9. IOR/W/L/PS/10/56 (i)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/10/56 (i)
Title:
'PERSIAN GULF: Sketch of APPROACHES TO KUWAIT HARBOUR AND SHATT AL ARAB'
Scope & Content:
The map shows the channels of the 'Shatt al Arab or Basra River' and their depths with soundings in fathoms. The map indicates hydrology and settlements, with brief descriptions of topography and vegetation. A key indicates lighting in the waterways (fixed and flashing) and gravel, mud, rock, sa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1902-1907
Extent:
1 map

10. IOR/W/L/PS/10/56 (ii)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/W/L/PS/10/56 (ii)
Title:
'SOUTH-EAST TURKEY IN ASIA. BUSRA'
Scope & Content:
The map shows Basra, Kuwait and Mohammerah and also indicates hydrology and settlement with brief descriptions of topography and some indication of relief. It is described as sheet 4 (Basra) in which the other sheets are 1 (Baghdad), 2 (Amara), and 3 (Samara). Two notes explain the significanc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906
Extent:
1 map