‘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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Original held at
British Library: Map Collections
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference
IOR/X/3252
Former British Library reference
M.IX.22

History of this record

Date(s)
1846 (CE, Gregorian)

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Places
Aden
People & organisations
J. Kilner

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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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