‘Winds and Currents in the PERSIAN GULF. BY Lieutenant Fergusson I.N.F.R.A.S. Draughtsman to the Indian Navy. Engraved by J.&C. Walker’

Content

Imprint:

Published by John Walker, Geographer to the Hon.ble East India Company.

Distinctive Features:

Relief shown by hachures Lines drawn on a map to indicate the direction and steepness of slope. .

Series of twelve nautical charts of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. with force and direction of the winds and currents reported for each month from January to December. Each sheet contains a descriptive note with key to symbols.

Extent and format

12 maps

Area map covers

Map loading...

Scale

Scale not given

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 30° 39' 2.52" N, 47° 25' 21" E
Top-right: 30° 39' 2.52" N, 60° 0' 34.2" E
Bottom-left: 21° 29' 47.76" N, 47° 25' 21" E
Bottom-right: 21° 29' 47.76" N, 60° 0' 34.2" E

It is grouped into

‘JANUARY’

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Ref: IOR/X/3635/29/1

‘FEBRUARY’

2 images

Ref: IOR/X/3635/29/2

‘MARCH’

2 images

Ref: IOR/X/3635/29/3

‘APRIL’

2 images

Ref: IOR/X/3635/29/4

‘MAY’

2 images

Ref: IOR/X/3635/29/5

‘JUNE’

2 images

Ref: IOR/X/3635/29/6

'JULY'

2 images

Ref: IOR/X/3635/29/7

‘AUGUST’

2 images

Ref: IOR/X/3635/29/8

‘SEPTEMBER’

2 images

Ref: IOR/X/3635/29/9

‘OCTOBER’

2 images

Ref: IOR/X/3635/29/10

‘NOVEMBER’

2 images

Ref: IOR/X/3635/29/11

‘DECEMBER’

2 images

Ref: IOR/X/3635/29/12

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Map

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Map Collections

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/X/3635/29

History of this record

Date(s)

1856 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

Persian Gulf

People & organisations

J & C Walker, engraversJohn WalkerE.F.T. Fergusson

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‘Winds and Currents in the PERSIAN GULF. BY Lieutenant Fergusson I.N.F.R.A.S. Draughtsman to the Indian Navy. Engraved by J.&C. Walker’, British Library: Map Collections, IOR/X/3635/29, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000010812.0x000001> [accessed 22 June 2026]

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