Two views of the Gulf of Aden coast drawn by Capt. Haines

IOR/X/3224/2

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The record is made up of 2 views on 1 sheet. It was created in 1839. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Map Collections.

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Distinctive Features:

Two outline sketches in pencil with titles added in black ink: ‘Land forming the West.n side of Bunder Fuggum’ and in pencil ‘West of Aden’; and ‘Gibbul Shumsan from the Vessel at Anchor in Aden eastern bay’. Engraved copy at IOR/X/3224/1.

Inscriptions:

On recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. in the bottom right-hand corner in pen and red ink: ‘Original Drawing engraved in the Chart of the several Bays near Cape Aden by Capt. Haines, 1836’.

Extent and format
2 views on 1 sheet
Area map covers
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Scale
not given
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 12° 52' 16.04" N, 44° 29' 49.26" E
Top-right: 12° 52' 16.04" N, 45° 4' 55.96" E
Bottom-left: 12° 41' 57.36" N, 44° 29' 49.26" E
Bottom-right: 12° 41' 57.36" N, 45° 4' 55.96" E
Physical characteristics

Materials:

Pencil with additions in pen and ink on paper.

Dimensions:

283 x 535 mm

Written in
English in Latin script
Type
Map

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Access & Reference

Original held at
British Library: Map Collections
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference
IOR/X/3224/2
Former external reference(s)
U.I.1

History of this record

Date(s)
1839 (CE, Gregorian)

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Places
Aden
People & organisations
Stafford Bettesworth Haines

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Two views of the Gulf of Aden coast drawn by Capt. Haines, British Library: Map Collections, IOR/X/3224/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000006863.0x000001> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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