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IOR/X/3630/9/1-2
- Record Id:
- 041-002753239
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022842631.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024174406.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/3630/9/1-2
- Title:
- ‘Chart of the Red Sea, Comprising the part above Jiddah, on Mercator’s Projection, Compiled from a Stasimetric Survey, Executed in the Years 1830, 31, 32 & 33 in the Hon.ble Comp.y's Ship Palinurus by Com.der R. Moresby, and Lieu.t T.G. Carless, Indian Navy. T.G. Carless, Draughts.n I.N. Engraved by J.&C. Walker’
- Scope & Content:
-
Imprint:
Published by John Walker, Geographer to the Honourable East India Company.
Distinctive Features:
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Nautical chart of the Red Sea from Suez to Jiddah [Jeddah] compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers showing the route of Palinurus.
Includes seven coastal profiles in margins with notes on latitude and longitude variations.
Notations concerning the coastal topography and navigation, regions and tribes cover the face of the map.
Shows positions for safe anchorage with shoals and rocks represented by crosses.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-002753218
041-002753239 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/3630 : East India or China Pilot, containing 126 charts chiefly published by James Horsburgh
IOR/X/3630/9/1-2 : ‘Chart of the Red Sea, Comprising the part above Jiddah, on Mercator’s Projection, Compiled from a Stasimetric Survey,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0182]/040-002753218[0001]/041-002753239
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/X
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 map on 2 sheets
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100022840540.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1836
- End Date:
- 1836
- Date Range:
- 1 Aug 1836
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale not given
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 32.1963,21.3534,39.4476,30.2378
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 32°11’47”-E 39°26’51”/N 30°14’16”-N 21°21’12”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 1880 x 1207 mm, on sheets 1017 x 677 mm
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Carless, Thomas Grere, surveyor, 1806-1848
J & C Walker, engravers, c 1820-c 1867
Moresby, Robert, captain, 1794-1854
Walker, John, engraver and hydrographer, 1787-1873 - Places:
- Red Sea, World
