‘Arabia. By William Henry F. Plate’ [‎1r] (1/2)

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Ref: IOR/X/3205

The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in 1847. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Map Collections.

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Imprint:

London, engraved by J.&C. Walker.

Distinctive Features:

Title continues: ‘L.L.D. Honourable Foreigner Secretary of the Syro-Egyptian Society of London. M. Geographical Society of Paris. Corresponding Member of the Oriental Society of Germany &c. Drawn for Colonel Chesney's work on his Euphrates expedition’

'From European and Oriental sources; among the latter Ibn Khordadbeh'.

Relief shown by hachures.

Notations concerning the regions and topography, pilgrim routes, tribes cover the face of the map.

Inscriptions:

On recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. in the left-hand corner: ‘To [illegible] by his humble servant Wm. Plate’.

Extent and format

1 map sheet

Area map covers

Map loading...

Scale

not given

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 35° 54' 36" N, 29° 1' 48" E
Top-right: 35° 54' 36" N, 59° 58' 48" E
Bottom-left: 12° 12' 36" N, 29° 1' 48" E
Bottom-right: 12° 12' 36" N, 59° 58' 48" E

Physical characteristics

Dimensions: 645 x 600 mm

Written in

English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/X/3205
Title: ‘Arabia. By William Henry F. Plate’
Pages: 1r:1v
Author: Plate, William Henry F.
Usage terms: Public Domain

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