'CAPE JASHK (Gulf of Oman)'

IOR/L/PS/20/64, f 34

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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 a British cable station at Cape Jashk on the coast of south-eastern Persia, indicating principal buildings, wells, water tanks, the routes of a land telegraph and undersea cables, hydrology and topography.

The map is Plate 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, and was compiled 'From a sketch made by Commander Thomas Webster Kemp, Royal Navy, Jan. 1903.'.

A printing statement reads, 'Weller & Graham, Ltd. Litho, London.'.

Extent and format
1 map
Area map covers
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Scale
Scale approximately 1:10,560
Scale designator
Horizontal
Orientation
North
Degree coordinates
Top-left: 25° 39' 9" N, 57° 45' 18" E
Top-right: 25° 39' 9" N, 57° 47' 36.6" E
Bottom-left: 25° 37' 59.16" N, 57° 45' 18" E
Bottom-right: 25° 37' 59.16" N, 57° 47' 36.6" E
Physical characteristics

Materials: Printed on paper

Dimensions: 183 x 306mm, on sheet 244 x 477mm

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 34

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1903 (CE, Gregorian)

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