‘ROUGH SKETCH OF ASTARÁBÁD, FROM AN EYE-SKETCH BY LT.-COL. BERESFORD LOVETT, R. E., 1881.’
Mss Eur F112/376, f 24
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1886. 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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This black and white printed sketch map of the city of Astarabad [Gorgan] in Persia [Iran] shows the following features: the crenelated walls of the city; the garden of Abbas Khan; government buildings, the telegraph office, and the magazine; the Russian consulate; the British consulate; the Masjid-i-Juma; the musalla; and telegraph lines.
The shaded portion of the city shows the inhabited area. Relief is indicated by contours and spot heights.
The sketch map was created in the Intelligence Branch of the Quarter Master General’s Department in India in May 1885 (and printed the 1886 edition of Volume I of the Gazetteer of Persia), and was executed by ‘J. A. A.’.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:19.685
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 36° 52' 0.12" N, 54° 23' 49.56" E
Top-right: 36° 52' 0.12" N, 54° 29' 16.08" E
Bottom-left: 36° 47' 39.48" N, 54° 23' 49.56" E
Bottom-right: 36° 47' 39.48" N, 54° 29' 16.08" E - It is part of
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- Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed on paper
Dimensions: 235 x 375mm
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- 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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- Archive reference
- Mss Eur F112/376, f 24
- Date(s)
- 1886 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F112/376, f 24
- Title
- ‘ROUGH SKETCH OF ASTARÁBÁD, FROM AN EYE-SKETCH BY LT.-COL. BERESFORD LOVETT, R. E., 1881.’
- Pages
- 24r:24v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence