'PERSIAN GULF. WESTERN SHEET' [‎238br] (1/2)

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'PERSIAN GULF. WESTERN SHEET'

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Ref: IOR/W/L/PS/10/457 (ii)

The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1903. 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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The map complements IOR/W/L/PS/10/457 (i) 'ASIA. PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . COMPILED BY COMMR. C.G. CONSTABLE AND LIEUT. A.W. STIFFE, I.N. 1860', and is an Admiralty Hydrographic Office chart showing the principal points, islands, and landmarks of the western Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , compiled by Commander C G Constable and Lieutenant Arthur William Stiffe in 1860, with intervening coast and soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. supplied from the surveys of Captain J M Guy and Captain George Barnes Brucks in 1821-29.

Published at the Admiralty in 1862, with small and large corrections to 1903. Engraved by J and C Walker. 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. : Abu Shahr [Bushire], Kharag and Kharg [Jazīreh-ye Khārk], Sheikh Shuaib [Jazīreh-ye Lāvān], Al Bida [Doha].

No scale given for the main map. The scale of the insets varies.

A red dotted line shows the 'approximate limit of pearling ground'.

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1 map

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Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 30° 46' 46.56" N, 47° 13' 9.12" E
Top-right: 30° 46' 46.56" N, 53° 48' 39.6" E
Bottom-left: 23° 56' 54.96" N, 47° 13' 9.12" E
Bottom-right: 23° 56' 54.96" N, 53° 48' 39.6" E

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Materials: printed on paper.

Dimensions: 980 x 650mm, on sheet 1070 x 690mm.

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English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/W/L/PS/10/457 (ii)
Title: 'PERSIAN GULF. WESTERN SHEET'
Pages: 238br:238bv
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence

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