'Maskat to Karachi'

Title:

'Maskat to Karachi'

Creator:

Cartographer: Edward Weller

Date:

1874/1874

Description:

Abstract: Chart 38.Hydrographic chart covering a 570-mile route through the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea from Maskat [Masqat], Oman, east-north-eastwards to Karachi, British India [Pakistan]. The sheet also depicts a 170-mile length of Omani coast in the vicinity of Maskat and a 630-mile length of coast between Cape Jashak, Persia [Damagheh-ye Jask, Iran] eastwards to Karachi.Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings and contours, sands, mud, rocks and anchorages, relief by spot heights and hachures, vegetation, settlements, public buildings, telegraph offices and place names, and includes topographical notes and navigational aids, including buoys, lights and prominent buildings.Includes insets of Jashak Bay [Khalij-e Jask], Persia, at scale 1:121,000; Chahbar Bay [Khalij-e Chah Bahar], Persia, at scale 1:96,800; Gwatar Bay [Dahaneh-ye Gowatar], Persia and British India, at scale 1:96,800; and Gwadar Bay, [Gwadar Bay (West and East), British India, at scale 1:96,800.Ten annotated sketches of significant navigational views, at unspecified scales, on both the north and south coasts of the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea are also included.Chart compiled from the surveys of captains George Barnes Brucks, Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Thomas Grere Carless, Albany Moore Grieve, Charles Golding Constable, Arthur Whatley Chitty and Arthur William Stiffe, all late Indian Navy. Engraved by Edward Weller. Published at the Admiralty, 1874.Physical description: Materials: Printed on paperDimensions: 668 x 1043mm, on sheet 688 x 1049mm

Language:

English

Type:

Map

Type (Narrower):

Maps

Type (Broader):

Image

Geographic region:

Maskat

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100138085304.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100138085304.0x000001_en
IOR/X/3828/38
IOR/X/3828/38

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