'GENERAL OUTLINE MAP OF THE PERSIAN GULF Showing Submarine Cables and the Principal Places mentioned in the Report.'

IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 55

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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1903. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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The map shows parts of the Arabian Peninsula, Persia, Afghanistan and Baluchistan, indicating major settlements and the routes of named submarine cables in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. The map also indicates hydrology and frontier lines.

An inset A small map or other image enclosed within the margin of a larger map, map sheet, or larger image; or papers placed inside a book or archival volume. map drawn at a scale of approximately 1:66,000 is entitled, 'Musandim Promontory. (Enlarged)'.

The map is Map 1 in ' Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Gulf of Oman' (Naval Intelligence Department No. 694), 1903. A printing statement reads, 'Weller & Graham Ltd. Litho, London.'.

Extent and format
1 map
Area map covers
Map loading...
Scale
Scale not given
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 34° 0' 0" N, 44° 0' 0" E
Top-right: 34° 0' 0" N, 63° 0' 0" E
Bottom-left: 23° 0' 0" N, 44° 0' 0" E
Bottom-right: 23° 0' 0" N, 63° 0' 0" E
Physical characteristics

Materials: Printed in colour on paper

Dimensions: 456 x 703mm, on sheet 527 x 753mm

Written in
English in Latin script
Type
Map

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British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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Unrestricted

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IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 55

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1903 (CE, Gregorian)

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