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'MAP OF SOUTH WESTERN ARABIA' [‎1r] (1/2)

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The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in 1874. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Map Collections.

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Lithographed A lithograph is an image reproduced from a printing plate whose image areas attract ink and non-image areas repel it. at the Topographical Depôt, Horse Guards, War Office. Major C. W. Wilson, R. E. director.

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Relief shown by shading.

The map shows routes of various travellers from 1762 to 1873 with a list of explorers and dates of their journeys in the bottom right-hand corner below title. The location of tribes with their boundaries indicated by pecked or dotted lines.

Extent and format
1 map sheet
Area map covers
Map loading...
Scale
approximately 1:633,600
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 15° 30' 41.4" N, 42° 0' 1.8" E
Top-right: 15° 30' 41.4" N, 47° 0' 14.4" E
Bottom-left: 12° 30' 27.72" N, 42° 0' 1.8" E
Bottom-right: 12° 30' 27.72" N, 47° 0' 14.4" E
Physical characteristics

Dimensions: 533 x 855 mm, on sheet 609 x 889 mm

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English in Latin script
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'MAP OF SOUTH WESTERN ARABIA' [‎1r] (1/2), British Library: Map Collections, IOR/X/3223, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023700422.0x000002> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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