‘Abū-Shahr Peninsula. By Lieut. A.W. Stiffe. H.M.I.N.’

IOR/X/3117/2

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The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in Sep 1875. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Map Collections.

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Imprint:

Published by order of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India in Council.

Distinctive Features:

Note below scale: ‘This map is from a plane-table survey, based on a careful triangulation; the part north of the town, creeks, &c. are taken from the chart of the harbour by Comr. Constable and Lieut. Stiffe. It is intended as an illustration of the Campaign of 1856-7 in the peninsula’.

Includes an inset A small map or other image enclosed within the margin of a larger map, map sheet, or larger image; or papers placed inside a book or archival volume. plan of Būshihr at top centre.

Legends and notations concerning the area cover the face of the map.

Manuscript copy of this map at IOR/X/3117/1.

Inscriptions:

Signed in the bottom left-hand corner ‘Trel. Saunders, engraver 1875’; and in the bottom right-hand corner ‘A.W. Stiffe delt.’

Extent and format
1 map sheet
Area map covers
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Scale
approximately 1:48,000
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 29° 7' 7.79" N, 50° 42' 23.54" E
Top-right: 29° 7' 7.79" N, 51° 2' 17.13" E
Bottom-left: 28° 47' 32.88" N, 50° 42' 23.54" E
Bottom-right: 28° 47' 32.88" N, 51° 2' 17.13" E
Physical characteristics

Dimensions: 580 x 587 mm, on sheet 902 x 642 mm

Written in
English in Latin script
Type
Map

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Original held at
British Library: Map Collections
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference
IOR/X/3117/2
Former external reference(s)
M.V.27

History of this record

Date(s)
Sep 1875 (CE, Gregorian)

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‘Abū-Shahr Peninsula. By Lieut. A.W. Stiffe. H.M.I.N.’, British Library: Map Collections, IOR/X/3117/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000005576.0x000001> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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