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‘Map of Western Baluchistan’ [58r] (1/2)
The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1874. 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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Map compiled by Major Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St John of the Royal Engineers, by order of the Secretary of State for India, to show the western frontier of the territories of His Highness the Khán of Kálát, as determined by the Frontier Commission under Major General Sir Frederic John Goldsmid. The map indicates: hydrology; topography, with some indication of relief; settlements; the frontier, marked as a solid pink line; other proposed frontier lines: Sir Frederic Goldsmid’s line of 1871 (shown in green); Major Beresford Lovett’s frontier of 1871 (red); Major St John’s and Mr Blandford’s of 1872 (brown). Notes on the map’s sources and authorities are given under the map title.
In the bottom right corner of the map are three sections: 1) between the Kharān desert and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. about the meridian of 63°; 2) between the Bampūr plain and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. about the meridian of 60°45’; 3) of the road between the Kharān desert and the Bampūr valley. The vertical scale of all three sections is 1 inch to 6,000 feet.
Printing statements at the bottom of the map read ‘Trel. Saunders Lith. 1874.’ and ‘Heliozincographed at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta [Kolkata].’
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- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- 1:506,880
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 28° 35' 39.12" N, 57° 57' 10.44" E
Top-right: 28° 35' 39.12" N, 63° 59' 43.44" E
Bottom-left: 24° 43' 36.84" N, 57° 57' 10.44" E
Bottom-right: 24° 43' 36.84" N, 63° 59' 43.44" E - Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 910 x 1255 mm, on sheet 948 x 1285 mm.
Materials: printed on paper.
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/12/3425, f 58
- Title
- ‘Map of Western Baluchistan’
- Pages
- 58r:58v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence