‘Persia compiled principally from original authorities by Captain (Local Major) O.B.C.ST. John, (Royal Engineers) by order of H.M. Secretary of State for India’
‘Persia compiled principally from original authorities by Captain (Local Major) O.B.C.ST. John, (Royal Engineers) by order of H.M. Secretary of State for India’
‘Persia compiled principally from original authorities by Captain (Local Major) O.B.C.ST. John, (Royal Engineers) by order of H.M. Secretary of State for India’
Date:
1876/1876
Description:
Abstract: Imprint:London, Stanford’s Geographical Establishment, Charing Cross.Distinctive Features:Shows telegraph line to India; submarine telegraph cable laid in 1864 and 1869; various routes including Pottinger’s 1810 expedition from Nushki (Balochistan) to Isfahan; boundaries and frontiers.Below title: ‘Table showing the approximate value of the Roman letters used in the names of places on the Map’.Includes four sections:• between the Persian Gulf and Bampúr Valley;• between the Persian Gulf and the Kharán Desert about the meridian of 63° Valley;• along the high road between Shiráz, Karmán, Bampúr & the edge of the Kharán or Halmand Desert;• between the Persian Gulf and the Caspian along the high road through Busire, Shiráz, Isfahán and Teherán.Physical description: Dimensions:1800 x 1900 mm, each sheet 480 x 660 mm