'PERSIAN GULF. KUWEIT HARBOUR AND APPROACHES'
IOR/L/PS/10/169, f 323
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1907-1911. 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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A map indicating the locations of two conical buoys and one cask buoy in Kuweit Harbour in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The buoys are marked in manuscript with a corresponding arrow drawn in the right margin.
The base map on which the buoys are indicated is Admiralty chart 22, 'Published at the Admiralty 16th. July 1907'.
A hand stamp on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. reads, 'British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Received 19 Aug. 1908'.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale 1:140,270
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 29° 38' 57.48" N, 47° 32' 21.12" E
Top-right: 29° 38' 57.48" N, 48° 33' 39.24" E
Bottom-left: 29° 0' 18.36" N, 47° 32' 21.12" E
Bottom-right: 29° 0' 18.36" N, 48° 33' 39.24" E - It is part of
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- Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed on paper with manuscript additions in coloured ink
Dimensions: 470 x 635mm, on sheet 505 x 663mm
- 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
- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/10/169, f 323
- Date(s)
- 1907-1911 (CE, Gregorian)
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- KuweitPersian Gulf
- People & organisations
- Admiralty
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- IOR/L/PS/10/169, f 323
- Title
- 'PERSIAN GULF. KUWEIT HARBOUR AND APPROACHES'
- Pages
- 323r:323v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence