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IOR/X/3126/1
- Record Id:
- 040-002430849
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000006829.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024140999.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/3126/1
- Title:
- ‘Route map of the special mission to Seistan and Mekran. By Quarter Master Sergeant David Bower, Royal Engineers’
- Scope & Content:
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Distinctive Features:
Relief shown by hachures.
Sketch map produced by Sergeant David Bower showing route of the special mission from Ispahan [Esfahan] to Gwadur [Gwadar] on the Mekran coast. Route of mission indicated in red line with sextan observations points shown by red dots. Boundaries of provinces coloured for reference. Grid lines inserted in pencil between Kerman and Yezd (Yazd).
Reduced version of this map was lithographed and published in 1872 to accompany the Journal of Captain C. Bean Euan Smith. Printed copies at IOR/X/3126/3/1 and IOR/X/3126/3/2.
Inscriptions:
On recto across face of the map place names added in pencil.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-002430849 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/3126/1 : ‘Route map of the special mission to Seistan and Mekran. By Quarter Master Sergeant David Bower, Royal Engineers’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0045]/040-002430849
- 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_100000006829.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1872
- End Date:
- 1872
- Date Range:
- before 1872
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale not given
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 51.2787,25.0185,62.6709,32.8367
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 51°16’43”-E 62°40’15”/N 32°50’12”-N 25°1’7”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials:
Pen and ink with wash on paper with additions in pencil
Dimensions:
656 x 2766 mm
- Former External References:
- M.V.34
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)