‘SURVEY of the Northern or Munsooree Range together with the Isthmus of the Peninsula of ADEN’
IOR/X/3234
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The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in 1844. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Map Collections.
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Compiled and signed by a Special Committee on the Aden Defences formed of Engineers William Jacob and C.W. Grant, Bombay 11th September 1843.
Relief shown by contours.
Shows the proposed site of military camp in Aden with works recommended by Lieutenant J.A. Curtis to improve the defences against Arab and European attacks. Features including barracks, water supply reservoirs with pipes, a military road and coastline with proposed piers are delineated.
Landmarks numbered for reference with a table of references dated ‘20th May 1843’ in bottom left-hand corner.
Inscriptions:
On verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. in the upper-right is an annotation:
‘Enclosure No. 3 In Bombay Secret No. 7 1844.Received Southampton13 March 1844’.
Labels:
On verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. in the upper-right: 'EXAMINER'S OFFICE' with coat of arms. And below: '476'.
- Extent and format
- 1 map sheet
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- not given
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 12° 49' 15.29" N, 44° 57' 52.64" E
Top-right: 12° 49' 15.29" N, 45° 4' 55.96" E
Bottom-left: 12° 44' 57.6" N, 44° 57' 52.64" E
Bottom-right: 12° 44' 57.6" N, 45° 4' 55.96" E - Physical characteristics
Materials:
Pen and ink with wash on paper
Dimensions:
828 x 1461 mm
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- British Library: Map Collections
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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/X/3234
- Former British Library reference
- U.I.10
- Date(s)
- 1844 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Aden
- People & organisations
- J.A. CurtisC.W. GrantWilliam Jacob
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- IOR/X/3234
- Title
- ‘SURVEY of the Northern or Munsooree Range together with the Isthmus of the Peninsula of ADEN’
- Pages
- 1r:1v
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