‘SKETCH OF THE ISLAND OF KENN, In the Persian Gulf. Thos. Remon, Captn., Engineers’

IOR/R/15/1/732, p 45A

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The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in 1822. 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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Distinctive Features:

Depth shown by soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. in fathoms with areas partly dry at low water indicated.

Produced to accompany a join report on the island submitted to Government on the 12th October 1822 by First Lieutenant J.H. Grubb and Captain Thomas Remon, Bombay Engineers. Map is lettered for reference with descriptive notes provided in the report.

Notations concerning the terrain elevation and vegetation cover the face of the map with settlements, date plantations and ruins marked.

Extent and format

1 map sheet

Area map covers

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Scale

Scale approximately 1:55,000

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 26° 35' 46.82" N, 53° 52' 12.31" E
Top-right: 26° 35' 46.82" N, 54° 4' 41.57" E
Bottom-left: 26° 27' 54.26" N, 53° 52' 12.31" E
Bottom-right: 26° 27' 54.26" N, 54° 4' 41.57" E

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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government'

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/732

Physical characteristics

Dimensions:

234 x 350 mm, on sheet 254 x 390 mm

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Map

Archive information for this record

Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/R/15/1/732, p 45A
Date(s): 1822 (CE, Gregorian)

Places: Kenn IslandMuscatBahrainKuwaitTrucial StatesQatarSitrahSitraBūshehrAbū-ShahrHormuz Isle
People & organisations: James OrtonFrancis Warden

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/732, p 45A
Title: ‘SKETCH OF THE ISLAND OF KENN, In the Persian Gulf. Thos. Remon, Captn., Engineers’
Pages: 45a:45b
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence