‘Part of the Arabian side of the Persian Gulf; from Core Abdullah to Ras Reccan, Surveyed by Lieutenants J.M. Guy, G.B. Brucks, & W.E. Rogers, H.E.I.Cs. Marine, 1825. Engraved by Bateman & Son. Sheet 1st and 5th of the Survey of the Arabian Coast’
‘Part of the Arabian side of the Persian Gulf; from Core Abdullah to Ras Reccan, Surveyed by Lieutenants J.M. Guy, G.B. Brucks, & W.E. Rogers, H.E.I.Cs. Marine, 1825. Engraved by Bateman & Son. Sheet 1st and 5th of the Survey of the Arabian Coast’
‘Part of the Arabian side of the Persian Gulf; from Core Abdullah to Ras Reccan, Surveyed by Lieutenants J.M. Guy, G.B. Brucks, & W.E. Rogers, H.E.I.Cs. Marine, 1825. Engraved by Bateman & Son. Sheet 1st and 5th of the Survey of the Arabian Coast’
Date:
1828/1828
Description:
Abstract: Imprint:Published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the East India Company.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures. Depth shown by soundings.Nautical chart of the western coast of the Persian Gulf showing the Island of Bahrein compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers between 1820 and 1829.Contains annotations on hazardous features including rocks, shoals, reefs and sand banks.Shows the position of lighthouse and ‘Portuguese harbour and fort’, west of Manamah, Bahrain. Uqair in the Eastern province of Saudi Arabia labelled ‘Formerly Port to the Wahabee, Capital, Deriah’. Hawar Islands off the west coast of Qatar labelled ‘Wardens Islands’.Physical description: Dimensions:890 x 538 mm, on sheet 1022 x 666 mm