‘GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN N.E. MESOPOTAMIA’
IOR/L/PS/10/815, f 200
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The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in 1918?. 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 shows a geological representation of the area around Khanaqin. The legend of the map shows the vertical sections of the map and describes the symbols used in them. ‘The northernmost section of the map was mapped by Mr J Brown of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company. The map was created to complement a geological report on Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The bottom of the map includes the following printed statements: ‘Reg No 2268 E 18’ and ‘HELIOZINCOGRAPHED AT THE SURVEY OF INDIA OFFICES, CALCUTTA [Kolkata]’. The map includes an 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. with the title ‘THE GIL OIL SHOWS’, marking oil seepages at Gil and Aziz Beg. The 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. has a scale of 1 inch to 4 miles.
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- 1 map sheet
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- Scale 1:253440
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 34° 16' 50.88" N, 45° 13' 33.96" E
Top-right: 34° 16' 50.88" N, 45° 33' 50.04" E
Bottom-left: 33° 58' 37.56" N, 45° 13' 33.96" E
Bottom-right: 33° 58' 37.56" N, 45° 33' 50.04" E - It is part of
- 522 imagesRef: IOR/L/PS/10/815
- Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed in colour on paper
Dimensions: 612 x 555mm, on sheet 662 x 615mm
- 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
- IOR/L/PS/10/815, f 200
- Date(s)
- 1918? (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/L/PS/10/815, f 200
- Title
- ‘GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN N.E. MESOPOTAMIA’
- Pages
- 200r:200v
- Author
- Unknown
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- Public Domain