'ASIA. PERSIAN GULF. COMPILED BY COMMR. C.G. CONSTABLE AND LIEUT. A.W. STIFFE, I.N. 1860'
Date:
1900/1900
Description:
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 in 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 1900. 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.Marked in red to show approximate limit of pearling ground.1 mapMaterials: Printed on paper.Dimensions: 980 x 650mm on sheet 1080 x 690mm.