Abstract: Chart 2862.Hydrographic chart covering the eastern half of Jashk Bay [Khalij-e Jask], Cape Jashk [Damagheh-ye Jashk] and Mason Shoal, Persia [Iran] in the Gulf of Oman. Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings and contours, sands and rocks, anchorages, relief by spot heights, hachures and shading, vegetation, cultivation, settlements, public buildings, telegraph offices, forts and place names, and includes topographical notes and navigational aids, including beacons, and prominent landmarks.Surveyed by Lieutenant Charles James Cope Kendall, Royal Indian Marine, 1896. Engraved by Edward Weller. Published at the Admiralty, 1897.Physical description: Materials: Printed on paperDimensions: 628 x 457mm, on sheet 658 x 494mm
Abstract: Covers Jashak Bay, Persia [Khalij-e Jask, Iran], including Cape Jashak [Damagheh-ye Jask] and Mason Shoal.Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings and contours, sands and anchorages, relief by shading, sand dunes, vegetation, settlements, telegraphs and place names, and includes topographical and navigational aids, including conspicuous buildings and trees. The sheet bears small manuscript additions in coloured ink and is stamped 'Preliminary Chart'.Surveyed by Lieutenant Charles James Cope Kendall, Royal Indian Marine. Drawn by Lieutenant Charles William Shearme, RIM. Printed at the Government Photozincograph Office, Poona [Pune], 1896.Physical description: Materials: Printed, with manuscript additions in coloured ink, on paperDimensions: 542 x 471mm, on sheet 764 x 560mm
Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:General view of the British Telegraph Station at Jask. Typical of British Colonial architecture, the installation consists of at least five two-storey structures featuring round arches.The foreground and middle-ground is made up of a stoney plain with little vegetation.Inscriptions:Upper right, in pencil alongside image: 'b', '41'Below image, in pen: 'Telegraph Station, Jask'Physical description: Dimensions:124 x 205 mmFormat:Albumen print on paperCondition:The print is in good condition with staining and light creasing in the sky area in the upper left and right corners and minor surface dirt throughout. Inscriptions on the verso are faintly visible on the recto.Foliation:‘b’ (crossed out); ‘41’Process:Albumen print
Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:General view of the British Telegraph Station at Jask. Typical of British Colonial architecture, the installation consists of at least five two-storey structures featuring round arches.The foreground and middle-ground is made up of a stoney plain with little vegetation.Inscriptions:Upper right, in pencil alongside image: 'b', '41'Below image, in pen: 'Telegraph Station, Jask'Physical description: Dimensions:124 x 205 mmFormat:Albumen print on paperCondition:The print is in good condition with staining and light creasing in the sky area in the upper left and right corners and minor surface dirt throughout. Inscriptions on the verso are faintly visible on the recto.Foliation:‘b’ (crossed out); ‘41’Process:Albumen print
Abstract: Chart 38.Hydrographic chart covering a 570-mile route through the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea from Maskat [Masqat], Oman, east-north-eastwards to Karachi, British India [Pakistan]. The sheet also depicts a 170-mile length of Omani coast in the vicinity of Maskat and a 630-mile length of coast between Cape Jashak, Persia [Damagheh-ye Jask, Iran] eastwards to Karachi.Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings and contours, sands, mud, rocks and anchorages, relief by spot heights and hachures, vegetation, settlements, public buildings, telegraph offices and place names, and includes topographical notes and navigational aids, including buoys, lights and prominent buildings.Includes insets of Jashak Bay [Khalij-e Jask], Persia, at scale 1:121,000; Chahbar Bay [Khalij-e Chah Bahar], Persia, at scale 1:96,800; Gwatar Bay [Dahaneh-ye Gowatar], Persia and British India, at scale 1:96,800; and Gwadar Bay, [Gwadar Bay (West and East), British India, at scale 1:96,800.Ten annotated sketches of significant navigational views, at unspecified scales, on both the north and south coasts of the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea are also included.Chart compiled from the surveys of captains George Barnes Brucks, Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Thomas Grere Carless, Albany Moore Grieve, Charles Golding Constable, Arthur Whatley Chitty and Arthur William Stiffe, all late Indian Navy. Engraved by Edward Weller. Published at the Admiralty, 1874.Physical description: Materials: Printed on paperDimensions: 668 x 1043mm, on sheet 688 x 1049mm
Abstract: The map shows a British cable station at Cape Jashk on the coast of south-eastern Persia, indicating principal buildings, wells, water tanks, the routes of a land telegraph and undersea cables, hydrology and topography.The map is Plate 1 in 'Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman' (Naval Intelligence Department No. 694), 1903, and was compiled 'From a sketch made by Commander Thomas Webster Kemp, Royal Navy, Jan. 1903.'.A printing statement reads, 'Weller & Graham, Ltd. Litho, London.'.Physical description: Materials: Printed on paperDimensions: 183 x 306mm, on sheet 244 x 477mm
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