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IOR/X/3635/35/1-2
- Record Id:
- 041-004062549
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-002238108
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100138047391.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100148932674.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/X/3635/35/1-2
- Title:
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'Chart of The Gulf of Persia.'
- Scope & Content:
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Sheet 1 (Eastern) bears the shelfmark IOR/X/3635/1
Sheet 2 (Western) bears the shelfmark IOR/X/3635/2
Covers the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and the coastlines of Persia [Iran], Mesopotamia and the north-eastern Arabian Peninsula eastwards to the Musandam Peninsula. Includes a hinterland of approximately twelve miles. Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings, and rocks, relief by hachures and rock drawing, vegetation, settlements and place names in English and Arabic, and includes topographical and hydrographic notes. The coastlines are highlighted in watercolour.
'Constructed from the Trigonometrical Surveys. Made by Order of the Hon[ourab]le the Court of Directors of the United English East India Company; and to whom it is Respectfully Dedicated by their most obedient Servant George Barnes Brucks, Commander HC [Honourable Company] Marine. 1830.'
Original surveys by Lieutenants John Michael Guy, George Barnes Brucks, Robert Cogan, William Eales Rogers and Stafford Bettesworth Haines, 1821-29. Engraved by Richard Bateman. Published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the Honourable East India Company, 1832.
- Collection Area:
- Map Collections
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002238107
036-002238108
040-002431720
041-004062549 - Is part of:
- IOR/X : India Office reference collection of maps
IOR/X/1-4999 : Maps described in the 1878 published catalogue
IOR/X/3635 : A List of Charts and Sailing directions, issued originally by the Honourable East India Company, and subsequently by…
IOR/X/3635/35/1-2 : Chart of The Gulf of Persia. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002238107[0001]/036-002238108[0183]/040-002431720[0020]/041-004062549
- 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_100138047391.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1832
- End Date:
- 1832
- Date Range:
- 1832
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale approximately 1:1,000,000
- Scale Designator:
- Horizontal
- Coordinates (Decimal):
- 47.1750,23.9167,58.6417,30.3333
- Coordinates (Degree):
- E 47°10’30”-E 58°38’30”/N 30°20’0”-N 23°55’0”
- Orientation:
- North
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Printed, with manuscript additions in watercolour, on paper (backed with linen)
Dimensions: Sheet 1 (Eastern) 725 x 580mm, on sheet 803 x 644mm; Sheet 2 (Western) 731 x 580mm, on sheet 820 x 648mm
- Former External References:
- V VII 35
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)