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IOR/X/3257
- Record Id:
- 040-002431714
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000010791.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023421378.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/3257
- Title:
- ‘Peninsula of Aden’
- Scope & Content:
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Distinctive Features:
Relief shown by shading.
Plan of the Aden peninsula featuring the military site with defence structures including Victoria Bastion, Arsenal, Magazine, Barracks, and Tunnel. Coastal defences shown include Pier of Obstruction, Tower battery, West Gate battery, Ras Morbat Fort, Steamer Point and Coal Depot.
Inscriptions:
On recto, bottom right-hand corner:
‘J. Holland Captain Assist’ Quarter Master General of the Army’.
Below neat line:
‘[illegible] Poona February 12th 1863’.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-002431714 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/3257 : ‘Peninsula of Aden’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0176]/040-002431714
- 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_100000010791.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1863
- End Date:
- 1863
- Date Range:
- 1863
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale not given
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 44.96629,12.748999,45.059725,12.815389
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 44°57’59”-E 45°3’35”/N 12°48’55”-N 12°44’56”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Material:
Pen and ink with wash on paper; mounted on board
Dimensions:
315 x 433 mm, on board 345 x 462 mm
- Former External References:
- M.IX.27
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)