‘A Trigonometrical Survey of Socotra by Lieut.ts S.B. Haines and I.R. Wellsted assisted by Lieut. I.P. Sanders and Mess.rs Rennie Cruttenden & Fleming Mids.n, Indian Navy. Engraved by R. Bateman, 72 Long Acre’
‘A Trigonometrical Survey of Socotra by Lieut.ts S.B. Haines and I.R. Wellsted assisted by Lieut. I.P. Sanders and Mess.rs Rennie Cruttenden & Fleming Mids.n, Indian Navy. Engraved by R. Bateman, 72 Long Acre’
‘A Trigonometrical Survey of Socotra by Lieut.ts S.B. Haines and I.R. Wellsted assisted by Lieut. I.P. Sanders and Mess.rs Rennie Cruttenden & Fleming Mids.n, Indian Navy. Engraved by R. Bateman, 72 Long Acre’
Date:
1835/1835
Description:
Abstract: Imprint:Published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the Honourable East India Company.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.Nautical chart of the Socotra Island compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers between 1820 and 1829 with an inset map showing Samhah and Darsah Islands.Numerous notations concerning terrain features and vegetation cover the face of the map with routes, the approximate location of ‘Bedouin caves’, and coordinates of settlements reported.Contains a note with remarks on latitude and longitude variation and water level observations.Physical description: Dimensions:626 x 968 mm, on sheet 682 x 1001 mm