‘Route through Persia on horse back’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Route through Persia on horse back’
- Creator:
- Author: Survey of India
- Date:
- 1888/1888
- Description:
- Abstract: Map of eastern Persia [Iran] marked paper no. 7A, and showing the route from Rasht to Bushire taken on horseback by Colonel August Le Messurier of the Bombay Engineers. The map indicates: the route taken, shown as a solid red line; major towns and cities on the route, with their elevations given in feet; the coastlines of the Caspian Sea and Persian Gulf; rivers. All the place names on the map have pencil ticks alongside them. The map’s scale is expressed in miles and farsakhs.The map bears a printed signature (illegible) in the bottom right corner, dated 28 November 1887. Under the map is the statement: ‘Photozincographed at the Survey of India Office, Calcutta, March 1888.’Physical description: Dimensions:283 x 145 mm, on sheet 334 x 375 mm.Materials:Ink on paper.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Map
- Type (Narrower):
- Maps
- Type (Broader):
- Image
- Subject:
- Geographical data
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100040658853.0x000003_ar
81055/vdc_100040658853.0x000003_en
IOR/L/PS/20/125, f 18
IOR/L/PS/20/125, f 18