'ASIA. PERSIAN GULF. COMPILED BY COMMR. C.G. CONSTABLE AND LIEUT. A.W. STIFFE, I.N. 1860'
Date:
1899/1900
Description:
Abstract: Admiralty Hydrographic Office chart showing the principal points, islands, and landmarks of the (eastern) Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, compiled by Commander C G Constable and Lieutenant Arthur William Stiffe between September 1857 and March 1860, with intervening coast and soundings supplied from the surveys of Captain J M Guy and Captain George Barnes Brucks in 1821-29. Published at the Admiralty in 1862, with small and large corrections to 1899. Engraved by J and C Walker. Inset: Kishm [Qeshm], Kais [Kish], Henjam [Hengām], Charak [Bandar-e Chārak], Abu Thabi [Abu Dhabi], and Khor Fakan [Khawr Fakkān].No scale given for the main map. The scale of the insets varies.Annotated in red crayon to show territory of Trucial Chiefs [Trucial Coast].Inscribed on recto: 'Pol. 716/1900'.Inscribed on verso: 'D42'.Physical description: Materials: printed on paper.Dimensions: 970 x 630mm, on sheet 100 x 660mm.