Chart of the Strait of Babellmandell made by John Friend Against ye East India hous in leaden hall Street London An.o Dn.o 1714
Date:
1714/1714
Description:
Abstract: Distinctive Features:Hand drawn nautical chart of the Strait of Babellmandell [Bab-el-Mandeb] at the south entrance into the Red Sea drawn by John Friend in 1714 to “A Scale of Twentey English Miles”.Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings with reefs and shoals represented by crosses; positions for safe anchorage indicated.Shows a central compass rose orienting east to the top of the map.Includes a textual description of the Citty of Mocha with remarks on sailing directions.MS annotation in ‘A Catalogue of Manuscript and Printed Reports, Field Books, Memoirs, Maps, etc., of the Indian Surveys, Deposited in the Map Room of the India Office’ published in 1878: ‘The chart is supposed to have belonged to Phillip Herbert Commander of the Euphrates, R. 1404/25’.Inscriptions:On verso in the upper left in red ink: ‘R. 1404/25’ and below in black ink: ‘India Office: Map Drawer U.VI – folio 3’.Physical description: Materials:Pen and ink with colour highlighting on parchmentDimensions:660 x 872 mm