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‘Route through Persia on horse back’ [18v] (2/2)
The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1887-1888. 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 of eastern Persia [Iran] marked paper no. 7A, and showing the route from Rasht to Bushire taken on horseback by Colonel August Le Messurier of the Bombay Engineers. The map indicates: the route taken, shown as a solid red line; major towns and cities on the route, with their elevations given in feet; the coastlines of the Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; rivers. All the place names on the map have pencil ticks alongside them. The map’s scale is expressed in miles and farsakhs.
The map bears a printed signature (illegible) in the bottom right corner, dated 28 November 1887. Under the map is the statement: ‘Photozincographed at the Survey of 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. , Calcutta, March 1888.’
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- 1 map
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:675,910
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 37° 43' 38.28" N, 48° 0' 37.08" E
Top-right: 37° 43' 38.28" N, 53° 40' 45.12" E
Bottom-left: 28° 18' 50.76" N, 48° 0' 37.08" E
Bottom-right: 28° 18' 50.76" N, 53° 40' 45.12" E - Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 283 x 145 mm, on sheet 334 x 375 mm.
Materials: Ink on paper.
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/PS/20/125, f 18
- Title
- ‘Route through Persia on horse back’
- Pages
- 18r:18v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence