'MAP OF THE ROAD FROM TEHRAN TO BUSHIRE SHEWING THE DIRECTION OF THE PERSIAN SECTION INDO EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH'
Date:
1891/1891
Description:
Abstract: Map showing the road from Tehran to Bushire (also spelled as Abushehr). As well as roads, the map indicates hydrology, hills, mountains, and telegraph lines.The original survey on which the map is based is attributed to Captain O St John (Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St John). The map also states that it is based on astronomical observations by Captains St John and Pearson.Included on the map is the following printing statement: 'Photo-Zincographed from an Original Supplied by the Director General of Telegraph Department, at the Survey of India Offices, Calcutta, January 1891.'The scale of the map is given as 8 statute miles to 1 inch.Physical description: Materials: Printed in ink on paperDimensions: 1607 x 555mm, on sheet 1662 x 669mm