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IOR/X/3204
- Record Id:
- 040-002430869
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000006849.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023404147.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/3204
- Title:
- ‘Map of the maritime Arabia with the opposite coasts of Africa and Persia’
- Scope & Content:
-
Imprint:
Lithographed in the Chief Engineer’s Office by Huskelyee E. & Kumroodeen E. Bombay 1st March 1856 Qrt. Master's Generals Offices, Poona 2nd Augt 1855.
Distinctive Features:
Relief shown by hachures.
Below the title note 'reduced in the Quarter Master Generals Office from an Original Map by Colonel T Dickinson, Chief Engineer. Signed Neil Campbell, Lieutenant-Colonel, Acting Quarter Master General.
Includes extensive notes with details on surveys and sources used in compiling the map as well as explanation to symbols and colouring.
Notations concerning the topography, agriculture and local tribes cover the face of the map.
Shows various routes across the Arabian Peninsula including the pilgrimage to Mecca with location of wells marked and journey time reported.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-002430869 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/3204 : ‘Map of the maritime Arabia with the opposite coasts of Africa and Persia’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0116]/040-002430869
- 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_100000006849.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1856
- End Date:
- 1856
- Date Range:
- 1 Mar 1856
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale not given
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 31.97,12.43,59.98,30.96
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 31°58’12”-E 59°58’48”/N 30°57’36”-N 12°25’48”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Dimensions: 530 x 730 mm
- Former External References:
- R.I.18
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)