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'MAP OF ARABIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF' [238ar] (1/2)
The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1908. 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 depicts the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The map indicates hydrology, boundaries, vegetation, roads and settlements as well as indication of relief given by form lines An imprecise contour line plotted by estimation rather than measurement. and hachures Lines drawn on a map to indicate the direction and steepness of slope. . A table of reference explains the type used on the map and the symbols and abbreviations.
A note under the title reads 'Compiled by Captain F.F. Hunter [Frederick Fraser Hunter], I.A. Survey of India'. Notes state that the map was transliterated by J G Lorimer [John Gordon Lorimer], outline and hill shading A method of showing the shape of the land on a map by shading slopes as though they were being illuminated by the sun. by Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. Karim Bakhsh, published under the direction of the Surveyor General of India, Colonel F B Longe, and heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta.
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- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 33° 17' 60" N, 31° 56' 60" E
Top-right: 33° 17' 60" N, 64° 15' 0" E
Bottom-left: 11° 48' 0" N, 31° 56' 60" E
Bottom-right: 11° 48' 0" N, 64° 15' 0" E - Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 840 x 1180 mm, on a sheet 890 x 1230 mm
Materials: Printed in colour on paper
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/10/60 (x)
- Title
- 'MAP OF ARABIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF'
- Pages
- 238ar:238av
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence