'Sketch Map of the Route of Lieutenants Sconce and Watson during the Salween expedition from December 1863, to April 1864'

Mss Eur F126/105

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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1864. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Imprint:

O. T. Cutter, Military Orphan Press, 1864. Drawn by R H Dopoy, draftsman, Executive Engineers Office Department P.W. [private works] Moulmein Division.

Distinctive Features:

Relief shown by hachures Lines drawn on a map to indicate the direction and steepness of slope. .

The map shows the route taken by the Salween Expedition through Burma [Myanmar] from Shoogheen [Shwegyin] along the Salween river and across to Mandaley. Signed by G Colquhoun Sconce, Lieutenant I.N. Salween Expedition.

Route taken by authors shown by red line.

Extent and format
1 map
Area map covers
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Scale
Scale not given
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 21° 59' 18.96" N, 96° 3' 54" E
Top-right: 21° 59' 18.96" N, 96° 55' 21.72" E
Bottom-left: 17° 55' 58.44" N, 96° 3' 54" E
Bottom-right: 17° 55' 58.44" N, 96° 55' 21.72" E
Physical characteristics

Dimensions: 1600 x 1015 mm; on sheet 1643 x 1064 mm

Condition: Some small tears along fold lines

Foliation: The map has been foliated in the front top right hand corner of the folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.

Written in
English in Latin script
Type
Map

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Original held at
British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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Unrestricted

Archive reference
Mss Eur F126/105

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Date(s)
1864 (CE, Gregorian)
Places
Burma

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