‘Route map of the special mission to Seistan and Mekran. By Quarter Master Sergeant David Bower, Royal Engineers’ [‎1v] (2/2)

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‘Route map of the special mission to Seistan and Mekran. By Quarter Master Sergeant David Bower, Royal Engineers’

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Ref: IOR/X/3126/1

The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in before 1872. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Map Collections.

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Distinctive Features:

Relief shown by hachures Lines drawn on a map to indicate the direction and steepness of slope. .

Grid lines added in pencil between Kerman and Yezd (Yazd).

Route of mission indicated in red line with sextan observations points shown by red dots. Boundaries of provinces coloured for reference.

Reduced version of this map was lithographed A lithograph is an image reproduced from a printing plate whose image areas attract ink and non-image areas repel it. and published in 1872 to accompany the Journal of Captain C. Bean Euan Smith. Printed copies at IOR/X/3126/3/1 and IOR/X/3126/3/2.

Inscriptions:

On recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. across face of the map place names added in pencil.

Extent and format

1 map sheet

Area map covers

Map loading...

Scale

not given

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 32° 50' 12.12" N, 51° 16' 43.32" E
Top-right: 32° 50' 12.12" N, 62° 40' 15.24" E
Bottom-left: 25° 1' 6.6" N, 51° 16' 43.32" E
Bottom-right: 25° 1' 6.6" N, 62° 40' 15.24" E

Physical characteristics

Materials:

Pen and ink with wash on paper with additions in pencil

Dimensions:

656 x 2766 mm

Written in

English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/X/3126/1
Title: ‘Route map of the special mission to Seistan and Mekran. By Quarter Master Sergeant David Bower, Royal Engineers’
Pages: 1r:1v
Author: Bower, Quarter Master Sergeant David
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