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Add MS 5222/13
- Record Id:
- 040-003947822
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003936367
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100124040529.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 5222/13
- Title:
- Chart of the Mergui Archipelago in Myanmar by Thomas Bowrey
- Scope & Content:
- Chart mounted on roll of the Mergui Archipelago in Myanmar with the coastal region of Tenasserim [Taninthayi], by Thomas Bowrey, dated 1682. An inscription in Bowrey's hand in the bottom right margin of the chart: 'Made by me Tho. Bowreij in Madapollam Dec.ber the 1st 1682'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Sloane Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003936367
040-003947822 - Is part of:
- Add MS 5222 : Miscellaneous maps and charts
Add MS 5222/13 : Chart of the Mergui Archipelago in Myanmar by Thomas Bowrey - Hierarchy:
- 032-003936367[0004]/040-003947822
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 5222
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 box (1 roll)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1682
- End Date:
- 1682
- Date Range:
- 1682
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 730 x 860 mm.
Material: paper laid down on canvas.
Medium: ink, watercolour, pencil.
- Finding Aids:
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Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts, vol. 21 (1832), available in the Manuscripts Reading Room, where the volume is described as: 'Various Maps and Charts; chiefly of Parts of the East Indies. Large Folio. viz.
13. Large colored chart of the Mergui archipelago and the coast of Siam; by Tho. Bowreij, 1682.'
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bowrey, Thomas, sea captain and free merchant, c 1650-1713