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WOOG/713/1
- Record Id:
- 041-003051184
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225695
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025686543.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- WOOG/713/1
- Title:
- Survey of the Southern Route from Amman to Karbala
- Scope & Content:
- Shows a route from Transjordan to Mesopotamia through the southern part of the Syrian Desert. The journey was made to asses the viability of the route for the construction of a railway, and to gather political intelligence
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225695
036-002891169
040-003051183
041-003051184 - Is part of:
- WOA : War Office Archive: cartographic and topographic source material
WOOG : War Office 'Originals of G.S.G.S. maps'
WOOG/713 : Surveys of Syrian & Arabian Deserts, 1920-1922 by H. St J.B. Philby and A.L. Holt
WOOG/713/1 : Survey of the Southern Route from Amman to Karbala - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225695[0002]/036-002891169[0024]/040-003051183[0001]/041-003051184
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: WOA
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 16 map sheets
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1922
- End Date:
- 1922
- Date Range:
- 1922
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale 1:200,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 35.5000,29.5000,44.5000,34.000
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 35°30’0”-E 44°30’0”/N 34°0’0”-N 29°30’0”
- Orientation:
- Various
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Manuscript: coloured ink, coloured crayon, and pencil on paper: 58 x 88cm and smaller
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- GSGS 3779, printed in 1925, was compiled from these sheets
- Places:
- Syrian Desert, Asia
- Related Material:
- An account of the journey is given in: Philby, H. St. J.B., 'Jauf and the north Arabian desert', and Holt, A.L., 'The future of the north Arabian desert', The Geographical Journal, 62-4 (1923) 174-200 (pp. 241-268)