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IOR/X/3223
- Record Id:
- 040-002430881
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000006861.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023700419.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/3223
- Title:
-
‘Map of South-Western Arabia’
- Scope & Content:
-
Imprint:
Lithographed at the Topographical Depôt, Horse Guards, War Office. Major C.W. [Charles William] Wilson, R.E. [Royal Engineers] Director.
Distinctive Features:
Relief shown by shading. Depth shown by contours.
General map of Tihama El Yemen region [Tihāmat al Yaman, present-day Yemen] showing various routes traversed between 1762 and 1873 with a list of explorers’ names and dates of their journeys given in the bottom right-hand corner below title. Map also shows the approximate location of local tribes with boundary between territories indicated by pecked or dotted lines.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-002430881 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/3223 : ‘Map of South-Western Arabia’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0129]/040-002430881
- 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_100000006861.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1874
- End Date:
- 1874
- Date Range:
- 1874
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale approximately 1:633,600
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 42.0005,12.5077,47.004,15.5115
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 42°0’2”-E 47°0’14”/N 15°30’41”-N 12°30’28”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Dimensions: 533 x 855 mm, on sheet 609 x 889 mm
- Former External References:
- M.VIII.54
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Wilson, Charles William, Knight, army officer, 1836-1905
- Places:
- Yemen, Arabian Peninsula, Asia
