‘The Several Bays near Cape Aden, on the Arabian Coast, surveyed Trigonometrically, 1836. Engraved by J.&C. Walker’
Date:
1839/1839
Description:
Abstract: Imprint:Published by John Walker, Geographer to the Honourable East India Company.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings.Nautical chart of the coast of the Gulf of Aden compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers between 1820 and 1829. Includes three marginal coastal profiles showing ‘Bunder Fuggum’, ‘Bunder Sheik’, and ‘Gibbul Shumsan from the vessel at anchor in Aden eastern bay’.Contains a descriptive note signed by Stafford Bettesworth Haines listing names of surveyors with remarks on latitude and longitude observations and details on water levels.Physical description: Dimensions:618 x 865 mm, on sheet 678 x 1018 mm