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IOR/L/PS/5/448, f 493
- Record Id:
- 042-004310780
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100157647933.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/448, f 493
- Title:
- ‘Ras Hafoon, African Coast’
- Scope & Content:
- This item comprises a line drawn map laid out within a grid of latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates to scale (20 miles to five inches), but lacking a key, showing the Ras Hafoon [Raʾs Hafun] island and sandy land bridge linked to the north-eastern coast of Berbera [Somalia], Africa. The map supplements a lengthy letter on preceding leaves (folios 483-492) written by Lieutenant C J Cruttenden, Assistant Political Agent in Aden, and submitted to Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent in Aden, dated April 1847, reporting rumours of the activities of French ships surveying islands off the Berbera coast. They were thought to be planning to cut the sandy land bridge linking Ras Hafoon with the coast, thereby isolating the island for French fortifications and domination. The map is not directly referenced in the report and appears to be copied from a survey by Commissioner Carless. The present copy of the map was drawn and annotated by the scribe, L D’Costa, who left a signature in the bottom left corner.
- 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
040-000539294
041-004251995
042-004310780 - 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/5/448 : ‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 86
IOR/L/PS/5/448, ff 469-507 : Affairs in Aden
IOR/L/PS/5/448, f 493 : ‘Ras Hafoon, African Coast’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0086]/040-000539294[0018]/041-004251995[0001]/042-004310780
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- SubItem
- Extent:
- 1 item (1 folio)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1847
- End Date:
- 1847
- Date Range:
- 11 May 1847
- Era:
- CE
- Scale:
- Scale: 1:253,440
- Scale Designator:
- Vertical
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Materials: Manuscript; black ink on paper
Dimensions: 320 x 200mm
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)