'ASIA. PERSIAN GULF' [173v] (2/2)
The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1933. 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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Hydrographic Office map showing the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Gulf of Oman, with a number of 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. maps (including Doha and Abu Dhabi), and views of the coast and islands from the sea. Compiled from surveys by Captain John Michael Guy and Captain George Barnes Brucks, 1821-29, and by Commander Charles Golding Constable and Lieutenant ArthurWilliam Stiffe, 1860, with additions and corrections from surveys by Commander Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville 1903, Commander FH Walter, 1910, Lieutenant HT Bowen, 1910, and Commander Arthur Guy Norris Wyatt, Lieutenant-Commander DH Fryer and Commander A Day, HM Surveying ship Ormonde , 1930-33.
Soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. given in fathoms. Settlements marked, and some indication of relief.
Map shows median line (in red); land frontiers and extensions to median line (red dotted line); 20 fathom line (in green); and 10 fathom line (green dotted line). This information is given in a legend at the top centre of the map.
No scale given for main map; scale of insets varies.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 31° 2' 2.76" N, 43° 59' 21.48" E
Top-right: 31° 2' 2.76" N, 58° 41' 20.4" E
Bottom-left: 23° 56' 45.96" N, 43° 59' 21.48" E
Bottom-right: 23° 56' 45.96" N, 58° 41' 20.4" E - Physical characteristics
Materials: printed on paper.
Dimensions: 490 x 640mm, on sheet 520 x 700mm.
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3924, f 173
- Title
- 'ASIA. PERSIAN GULF'
- Pages
- 173r:173v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence