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IOR/X/3246
- Record Id:
- 040-002431699
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000010744.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023420859.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/3246
- Title:
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‘Survey of ground between Ras Tarshayn and Ras Hedjuff including Steamer Point in the Western Bay of Aden’
- Scope & Content:
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Distinctive Features:
Relief shown by shading.
Depths around Flint Island shown by soundings recorded in feet.
Shows position of a coal deposit at the Steamer Point (modern Tawahi), fortifications at Ras Morbut. Landmarks lettered for reference with a table listing calculated distances provided.
Oriented with south to the top.
Inscriptions:
Bottom left-hand corner:
‘Ex Engineer’s Office Aden 29th November 1843’.
Bottom right-hand corner:
‘Henry W.B. Bell 2nd Lieutenent Actg. Ex. Engineer’.
Signed by a Special Committee on the Aden Defences formed of Engineers William Jacob and C.W. Grant, Bombay April 23rd 1844.
Labels:
On verso, upper right: ‘Duplicate ADEN Survey from Ras Tarsheyn to Ras Hedjuff Including Steamer Point and Flint Island. No. 30’.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-002431699 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/3246 : ‘Survey of ground between Ras Tarshayn and Ras Hedjuff including Steamer Point in the Western Bay of Aden’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0163]/040-002431699
- 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_100000010744.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1843
- End Date:
- 1843
- Date Range:
- 1843
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale not given
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 44.969294,12.776623,45.002218,12.798985
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 44°58’9”-E 45°0’8”/N 12°47’56”-N 12°46’36”
- Orientation:
- South
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials:
Pen and ink with wash on paper
Dimensions:
758 x 1310 mm
- Former External References:
- M.IX.16
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)