'Sketch Map to Illustrate the Report on Sistan and the Country Between It and Mashad'
Mss Eur F111/298, f 55
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in Oct 1894. 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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A sketch map of eastern parts of Persia [Iran] made to accompany the report Report on Sistan and the Country Between It and Mashad [Mashhad], by Lieutenant H D Napier, Staff Lieutenant, Intelligence Branch, 1894. The map was compiled and drawn under the orders of Colonel Thomas Hungerford Holdich, Superintendent of Survey, and the supervision of Lieutenant Napier, in the Simla Drawing Office. Outline, printing, and hill shading A method of showing the shape of the land on a map by shading slopes as though they were being illuminated by the sun. was done by T H Rendell, Extra Assistant Superintendent of Survey.
The map shows information on hydrology, human settlement, roads, topography, and political boundaries. Blue lines depict the various routes between Mashad and Sistan. The red line depicts the route taken by Lieutenant Napier in 1892-93.
Beneath the map is the following information: Intelligence Branch. Topo. Dy. No. 1060. Exd. J. A. A. October 1894; Topo. Dy. No. 776.; No. 611-I., 94.
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- 1 map
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- 1:1077120
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- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 36° 39' 5.76" N, 58° 30' 3.6" E
Top-right: 36° 39' 5.76" N, 62° 57' 19.44" E
Bottom-left: 29° 35' 23.64" N, 58° 30' 3.6" E
Bottom-right: 29° 35' 23.64" N, 62° 57' 19.44" E - It is part of
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- Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed in colour on paper
Dimensions: 900 x 565mm
- 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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- Mss Eur F111/298, f 55
- Date(s)
- Oct 1894 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Mss Eur F111/298, f 55
- Title
- 'Sketch Map to Illustrate the Report on Sistan and the Country Between It and Mashad'
- Pages
- 55r:55v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence