Sketch map of part of Persia
Mss Eur F126/110
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in c 1865. 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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Relief shown by contours and spot heights.
Tracing of a sketch map of Persia showing routes from Shiraz with settlements marked, including the location of Persepolis. Notations concerning the terrain features cover the face of the map; graticule lines with degrees of latitude inserted in red ink.
Inscriptions:
On verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. in the bottom left-hand corner Lewis’ Pelly signature.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:500,000
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 30° 13' 51.6" N, 50° 46' 5.88" E
Top-right: 30° 13' 51.6" N, 53° 17' 2.4" E
Bottom-left: 28° 47' 54.6" N, 50° 46' 5.88" E
Bottom-right: 28° 47' 54.6" N, 53° 17' 2.4" E - Physical characteristics
Materials: Pen and ink with wash on tracing cloth
Dimensions: 530 x 663 mm
Foliation: The map has been foliated in the top right hand corner with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- 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 F126/110
- Date(s)
- c 1865 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Persia
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- Mss Eur F126/110
- Title
- Sketch map of part of Persia
- Pages
- 1r:1v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence