‘OUTLINE PLAN AND SECTIONS of RAS MORBUT at the entrance of the harbour of ADEN’
IOR/X/3250
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The record is made up of 1 sheet. It was created in 1843. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Map Collections.
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Includes an outline plan of Ras Morbut with three corresponding sections and a ground plan of ‘Proposed Tower and Battery for Ras Morbut’. Landmarks labelled for reference with measurements reported and high water levels shown.
Signed by the Special Committee on the Aden Defences formed of Lieutenant-Colonel C.W. Grant and Major Artillery William Jacob, Bombay 23rd April 1844.
Inscriptions:
Bottom left-hand corner: ‘Exect. Engineers Office Aden, 20th December 1843’.
Lower right-hand corner: ‘Henry W.B. Bell 2nd Lieutt. Acting Executive Engineer’.
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- 1 sheet
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- Scale
- differ
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 12° 47' 44.89" N, 44° 58' 15.33" E
Top-right: 12° 47' 44.89" N, 44° 59' 42.65" E
Bottom-left: 12° 46' 49.71" N, 44° 58' 15.33" E
Bottom-right: 12° 46' 49.71" N, 44° 59' 42.65" E - Physical characteristics
Materials:
Pen and ink with wash on paper
Dimensions:
408 x 603 mm
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- British Library: Map Collections
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- Archive reference
- IOR/X/3250
- Former British Library reference
- M.IX.20
- Date(s)
- 1843 (CE, Gregorian)
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- William JacobC.W. Grant
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- IOR/X/3250
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- ‘OUTLINE PLAN AND SECTIONS of RAS MORBUT at the entrance of the harbour of ADEN’
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