‘Plans and Sections of the several REDOUBTS and connecting RAMPART and DITCH forming the proposed NEW LINE OF WORKS across the Isthmus of ADEN’

IOR/X/3236

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The record is made up of 5 plans on 1 sheet. It was created in 1843. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Map Collections.

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Distinctive Features:

Compiled and signed by a Special Committee on the Aden Defences formed of Engineers William Jacob and C.W. Grant, Bombay 11th September 1843.

Contains five plans lettered for reference with corresponding sections and measurements reported.

Inscriptions:

Bottom right: ‘True Copy J.A. Curtis Lieut. Exect. Eng. Aden’.

Extent and format

5 plans on 1 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:

822 x 1300 mm

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Map

Archive information for this record

Original held at: British Library: Map Collections
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/X/3236
Former British Library reference: U.I.12
Date(s): 1843 (CE, Gregorian)

Places: Aden
People & organisations: C.W. GrantJ.A. CurtisWilliam Jacob

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‘Plans and Sections of the several REDOUBTS and connecting RAMPART and DITCH forming the proposed NEW LINE OF WORKS across the Isthmus of ADEN’, British Library: Map Collections, IOR/X/3236, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000010658.0x000001> [accessed 24 April 2024]

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Reference: IOR/X/3236
Title: ‘Plans and Sections of the several REDOUBTS and connecting RAMPART and DITCH forming the proposed NEW LINE OF WORKS across the Isthmus of ADEN’
Pages: 1r:1v
Author: Please see item description
Usage terms: Public Domain