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Map of Arabia and the Persian Gulf 1917
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Map Description
Old map of Bahrain, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Israel, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
This map of the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf emphasizes the physical terrain and transportation routes as surveyed in 1916 by the Survey of India, the cartographic branch of the British government of India. It was prepared at the beginning of the British campaign against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The map provided a general view of the Middle East Theater and was not intended for any particular army operation. It shows the Hejaz Railway, undersea telegraph cables, pilgrimage routes, and the location of oil installations in southwestern Iran. International boundaries are absent from the map. It does show Babylon and the Sasanian ruins at Ctesiphon near Baghdad, two famous sites of archeological interest. The map key on the second of the two sheets explains the abbreviations and symbols used. Relief is shown by hachures and spot elevations. The Survey of India was established in 1767 to assist the British East India Company, and later the British government, in administering its south Asian empire. The map was published in 1917 under the direction of Colonel Sir Sidney Burrard, surveyor general of India. The printing technique was heliozincography, a photographic process using zinc plates that was developed in Britain and that enabled accurate reproduction of images and text. It was printed at the Survey's factory in Dehra Dun, India.
Created by Sidney Gerald Burrard, Survey of India in 1917.
This map of the Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf emphasizes the physical terrain and transportation routes as surveyed in 1916 by the Survey of India, the cartographic branch of the British government of India. It was prepared at the beginning of the British campaign against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The map provided a general view of the Middle East Theater and was not intended for any particular army operation. It shows the Hejaz Railway, undersea telegraph cables, pilgrimage routes, and the location of oil installations in southwestern Iran. International boundaries are absent from the map. It does show Babylon and the Sasanian ruins at Ctesiphon near Baghdad, two famous sites of archeological interest. The map key on the second of the two sheets explains the abbreviations and symbols used. Relief is shown by hachures and spot elevations. The Survey of India was established in 1767 to assist the British East India Company, and later the British government, in administering its south Asian empire. The map was published in 1917 under the direction of Colonel Sir Sidney Burrard, surveyor general of India. The printing technique was heliozincography, a photographic process using zinc plates that was developed in Britain and that enabled accurate reproduction of images and text. It was printed at the Survey's factory in Dehra Dun, India.
Created by Sidney Gerald Burrard, Survey of India in 1917.
- Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- "Scale: 1 inch = 48 miles."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- Original resource extent: 1 map on 2 sheets : color ; sheets 88 x 39 centimeters and 93 x 58 centimeters.
- Original resource at: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
- Content in English.
- Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Map Tags
1917
Arabian Gulf
Arabian Peninsula
Bahrain
Iran Islamic Republic Of
Israel
Jordan
Map
Oman
Persian Gulf
Qatar
Red Sea
Saudi Arabia
Sidney Gerald Burrard
Survey Of India
United Arab Emirates
World War
Yemen
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