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IOR/L/PS/5/378, f 136
- Record Id:
- 042-003475167
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100096799065.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100110518219.0x000001
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/378, f 136
- Title:
- ‘GENERAL OUTLINES of CAPE ADEN’
- Scope & Content:
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Three printed drawings, as follows:
- ‘No 1 Panoramic Outline of the Range of Mountains and lower Hills surrounding the Valley of Aden from Seera to Shersurra as taken from the top of a Minaret in the Town marked with a cross in the Plan’
- ‘No 2 Outline of Munsooree Range with Seera on the left and Tibet Hudeed on the right as taken from the West End of Base line’
- ‘No 3 Outline of Range backing Western Bay as seen from the Pass to Steamer Point or Point Hedjuff Sketching round from Swayeea Island on the left to Flint Island on the right’.
A note on the drawing states ‘N.B. These were taken entirely by the Eye without the aid of any instrument and the lower ones are smaller than the upper’.
It also contains a table of heights and distances.
The drawings are signed by Captain Robert Foster, Chief Engineer’s Office, Bombay [Mumbai], 23 August 1839.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539208
040-000539224
041-003475155
042-003475167 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/363-509 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay
IOR/L/PS/5/378 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY' Vol 16
IOR/L/PS/5/378, ff 92-136 : British Plans for the Fortification of Aden
IOR/L/PS/5/378, f 136 : ‘GENERAL OUTLINES of CAPE ADEN’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0016]/040-000539224[0005]/041-003475155[0004]/042-003475167
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- SubItem
- Extent:
-
3 drawings (1 folio)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1839
- End Date:
- 1839
- Date Range:
- 23 Aug 1839
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Printed on paper
Dimensions: 1595 x 236mm
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)