‘The Several Bays near Cape Aden, on the Arabian Coast, surveyed Trigonometrically, 1836. Engraved by J.&C. Walker’ [‎6r] (1/2)

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‘The Several Bays near Cape Aden, on the Arabian Coast, surveyed Trigonometrically, 1836. Engraved by J.&C. Walker’

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Ref: IOR/X/3630/11

The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 15 Aug 1839. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Map Collections.

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Published by John Walker, Geographer to the Honourable East India Company.

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Relief shown by hachures Lines drawn on a map to indicate the direction and steepness of slope. and spot heights A point on a map at which the height of the land is recorded. . Depths shown by soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. .

Nautical chart of the coast of the Gulf of Aden compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers between 1820 and 1829. Includes three marginal coastal profiles showing ‘Bunder Fuggum’, ‘Bunder Sheik’, and ‘Gibbul Shumsan from the vessel at anchor in Aden eastern bay’.

Contains a descriptive note signed by Stafford Bettesworth Haines listing names of surveyors with remarks on latitude and longitude observations and details on water levels.

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1 map

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Scale

Scale approximately 1:63,360

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 13° 2' 9.39" N, 44° 30' 23.16" E
Top-right: 13° 2' 9.39" N, 45° 12' 6" E
Bottom-left: 12° 39' 29.27" N, 44° 30' 23.16" E
Bottom-right: 12° 39' 29.27" N, 45° 12' 6" E

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Dimensions: 618 x 865 mm, on sheet 678 x 1018 mm

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English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/X/3630/11
Title: ‘The Several Bays near Cape Aden, on the Arabian Coast, surveyed Trigonometrically, 1836. Engraved by J.&C. Walker’
Pages: 6r:6v
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