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IOR/X/3694
- Record Id:
- 040-002431727
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000010848.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023663888.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/3694
- Title:
- ‘Trigonometrical Plan of the Harbour of El Biddah on the Arabian Side of the Persian Gulf. By Lieut.s J. M. Guy and G. B. Brucks, H. C. Marine. 1823. Drawn by Lieut. M. Houghton’
- Scope & Content:
-
Distinctive Features:
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Hand drawn nautical chart of the shores of the Persian Gulf compiled from the survey carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers in 1823 showing El Biddah [Al Bidda, Doha] with grid added in pencil.
Shoals and rocks represented by crosses.
Includes an inset: ‘View from the anchorage’ drawn by M. Haughton from a sketch taken by Lieutenant F. Powell showing the settlement with coordinates of the Southern Fort reported.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-002431727 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/3694 : ‘Trigonometrical Plan of the Harbour of El Biddah on the Arabian Side of the Persian Gulf. By Lieut.s J. M. Guy and G. B. Brucks, H.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0200]/040-002431727
- 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_100000010848.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1823
- End Date:
- 1823
- Date Range:
- 1823
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale approximately 1:25,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 51.513881,25.283003,51.628121,25.336269
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 51°30’50”-E 51°37’41”/N 25°20’11”-N 25°16’59”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Pen and ink on paper with additions in pencil
Dimensions: 714 x 884 mm, on sheet 755 x 976 mm
- Former External References:
- U.VI.48
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Brucks, George Edward, naval officer and surveyor, d 1850
Guy, John Michael, naval officer and surveyor, fl 1803-1832
Houghton, John Michael, naval officer, 1797-1874 - Places:
- El Biddah, Qatar
