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IOR/X/3085
- Record Id:
- 040-002360196
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000926.0x0000f5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023645397.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/3085
- Title:
- ‘Sketch of the Coast Between Kurrachee and Bunder Abbas’
- Scope & Content:
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Distinctive Features:
Relief shown by hachures.
Undated tracing of a sketch map of the Makran Coast showing the intended telegraph line between Karachi [Kurachee] and Gwadar [Guadur] with stations, as proposed by Major Frederick John Goldsmid. The extent of the territories intersected by the telegraph marked with the rulers’ names reported. The proposed connection between Gwadar and Bandar Abbas [Bunder Abbas] shown by pecked line with explanation: ‘probable, but country not investigated’. The original map was prepared before 1864 when the telegraph line opened.
Inscriptions:
On recto in the bottom right-hand corner: /Signed/ H. Ryland; ‘Copied by Nourrojee Penslonjee’, and illegible signature.
On verso in the top left-hand corner: ‘Referred to in Bombay Political Letter 24th April [illegible] 32, 1862’.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-002360196 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/3085 : ‘Sketch of the Coast Between Kurrachee and Bunder Abbas’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0073]/040-002360196
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 map
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000926.0x0000f5
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1864
- End Date:
- 1864
- Date Range:
- before 1864
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale approximately 1:1,000,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 55.9383,24.6299,67.2197,27.3126
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 55°56’18”-E 67°13’11”/N 27°18’45”-N 24°37’48”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials:
Pen and ink on tracing cloth
Dimensions:
537 x 880 mm, on sheet 592 x 921 mm
- Former External References:
- M.IV.30
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)