‘OUTLINE PLAN of the WORKS CONNECTED WITH THE DEFENCE of the MAIN PASS at ADEN’
IOR/X/3252
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The record is made up of 1 plan. It was created in 1846. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Map Collections.
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Outline plan showing Main Pass and Military Road with proposed fortifications including batteries, guard room and bridge across Main Pass with gateway. Landmarks lettered for reference with a key provided at the lower left-hand corner of sheet which include a note: ‘Suspended by order of the Govr. Genl. T. The plan shews the proposed method of finishing these works. The details will be shewn in enlarged plans to accompany this’.
Inscriptions:
On recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. , bottom left-hand corner:
‘Copied in the Chief Engrs. Office Bombay 26th September 1846’. And above: ‘146’.
On recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. , bottom right-hand corner: ‘(Signed) of Kilner Captain Ex.ve Eng.r Aden’.
On verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. , bottom left-hand corner with bleed-through into the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. :
‘In Bombay Secret Letter No. 113 of 1846 Recd. via Southampton 10th Novr. 1846 Aden Fortifications’.
- Extent and format
- 1 plan
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- not given
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 12° 47' 54.54" N, 44° 59' 1.06" E
Top-right: 12° 47' 54.54" N, 45° 2' 48.66" E
Bottom-left: 12° 46' 34.04" N, 44° 59' 1.06" E
Bottom-right: 12° 46' 34.04" N, 45° 2' 48.66" E - Physical characteristics
Materials:
Pen and ink with wash on tracing paper with additions in pencil
Dimensions:
701 x 1032 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/3252
- Former British Library reference
- M.IX.22
- Date(s)
- 1846 (CE, Gregorian)
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‘OUTLINE PLAN of the WORKS CONNECTED WITH THE DEFENCE of the MAIN PASS at ADEN’, British Library: Map Collections, IOR/X/3252, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000010764.0x000001> [accessed 29 March 2024]
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- IOR/X/3252
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- ‘OUTLINE PLAN of the WORKS CONNECTED WITH THE DEFENCE of the MAIN PASS at ADEN’
- Pages
- 1r:1v
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- Please see item description
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