A photographic copy of 'Route map of the special mission to Seistan and Mekran by Quartermaster-Sergeant David Bower, Royal Engineers'

Content

Distinctive Features:

This is a photograph of the original manuscript which is held at IOR/X/3126/1. Reduced version of this map was lithographed A lithograph is an image reproduced from a printing plate whose image areas attract ink and non-image areas repel it. and published in 1872 to accompany the Journal of Captain C. Bean Euan Smith. Printed copies at IOR/X/3126/3/1 and IOR/X/3126/3/2.

Relief shown by hachures.

Route of mission indicated in line with sextan observations points shown by dots. Boundaries of provinces coloured for reference on the original map.

Inscriptions:

Legends and annotations concerning the place names obscured via the reproduction process.

On recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. place names illegible or obscured through the reproduction process added in ink and pencil.

Extent and format

1 map sheet

Area map covers

Map loading...

Scale

not given

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 32° 50' 12.12" N, 51° 16' 43.32" E
Top-right: 32° 50' 12.12" N, 62° 40' 15.24" E
Bottom-left: 25° 1' 6.6" N, 51° 16' 43.32" E
Bottom-right: 25° 1' 6.6" N, 62° 40' 15.24" E

Physical characteristics

Materials:

Photographic print with additions in pen and ink and pencil

Dimensions:

260 x 968 mm

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Map

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Map Collections

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/X/3126/2

Former external reference(s)

M.V.34

History of this record

Date(s)

before 1872 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Places

Iran

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A photographic copy of 'Route map of the special mission to Seistan and Mekran by Quartermaster-Sergeant David Bower, Royal Engineers', British Library: Map Collections, IOR/X/3126/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000006832.0x000001> [accessed 20 April 2024]

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