'Sketch of Approaches to Kuweit Harbour and Shatt Al Arab'

Title:

'Sketch of Approaches to Kuweit Harbour and Shatt Al Arab'

Creator:

Cartographer: Davies & Company

Date:

1912/1912

Description:

Abstract: Chart F3293.Hydrographic chart of the Shatt al Arab in southern Mesopotamia from the vicinity of Al Basra [Al Basrah, Iraq] approximately 100 miles south-eastwards to its mouth at the head of the Persian Gulf. Also includes the approaches to Kuweit [Kuwait] Harbour. Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings and contours, sands, rocks and mud, relief by spot heights and shading, vegetation, cultivation, canals, settlements including significant buildings, forts and tombs, and place names, and includes topographical notes and navigational aids, including buoys, lights and prominent buildings.Compiled 'from various authorities'. Engraved by Davies & Company. Published by the Admiralty and 'issued for Fleet purposes' 1902, with new editions 1904, 1907, 1909 and 1912, and small corrections.The sheet bears the stamps:'For Fleet Purposes Only. Care is to be taken that this chart is not allowed to get into the hands of unauthorised persons' in red on the map face.The number '170.12' in black in the upper right margin.Physical description: Materials: Printed on paperDimensions: 597 x 456mm, on sheet 660 x 507mm

Language:

English

Type:

Map

Type (Narrower):

Maps

Type (Broader):

Image

Geographic region:

Shatt al Arab
Basra
Mesopotamia

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100138148715.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100138148715.0x000001_en
IOR/X/3828/3293
IOR/X/3828/3293

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