‘PLAN OF THE PENINSULA OR CAPE OF ADEN Exhibiting the Proposed Military Limits. Aden July 1855’

IOR/X/3256/2

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The record is made up of 1 plan. It was created in 1862. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Map Collections.

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Copied & Lithographed A lithograph is an image reproduced from a printing plate whose image areas attract ink and non-image areas repel it. in the Office of the Chief Engineer at the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. , Bombay 27th December 1862. Signed by R. Phayre Lieutenant-Colonel Quarter Master General.

Distinctive Features:

Plan of the Aden peninsula shows the military site and existing town with public buildings including Town Bazar, Grass Market, Mosques, Civil Hospital and Small Pox Hospital, Old Jail (military site) and New Jail (town site) labelled. Proposed Military Limits indicated by pecked line and coloured in red. Also shows a proposed site of Town near Steamer Point in Western Bay.

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° 48' 55.4" N, 44° 57' 58.64" E
Top-right: 12° 48' 55.4" N, 45° 3' 35.01" E
Bottom-left: 12° 44' 56.4" N, 44° 57' 58.64" E
Bottom-right: 12° 44' 56.4" N, 45° 3' 35.01" E
Physical characteristics

Materials:

Coloured lithograph A lithograph is an image reproduced from a printing plate whose image areas attract ink and non-image areas repel it.

Dimensions:

826 x 1227 mm, on sheet 892 x 1275 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/3256/2
Former British Library reference
M.IX.26

History of this record

Date(s)
1862 (CE, Gregorian)

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Places
Aden
People & organisations
Sir Knight Robert Phayre

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‘PLAN OF THE PENINSULA OR CAPE OF ADEN Exhibiting the Proposed Military Limits. Aden July 1855’, British Library: Map Collections, IOR/X/3256/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000010784.0x000001> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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