'ARABIA. Route Traverse across the RUB' AL KHALI from DHUFAR TO DOHA by BERTRAM THOMAS 1930-31'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'ARABIA. Route Traverse across the RUB' AL KHALI from DHUFAR TO DOHA by BERTRAM THOMAS 1930-31'
- Contributor:
- Royal Geographical Society (publisher)
- Date:
- 1931/1931
- Description:
- Map published by the Royal Geographical Society. From the Geographical Journal, September 1931.The map depicts Bertram Thomas's 1930-31 route, and earlier routes, in red. The map indicates settlements, hydrology, and also provides some indication of relief. Also included is a table of reference for symbols used on the map.The map includes two additional lines: a line in black ink marked 'blue line' (a boundary line that formed part of the non-ratified Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1913, and was redefined and adopted in the Anglo-Ottoman Convention of the following year), and a line in pencil outlining the suggested limits of a 'desert zone', which was considered by the British as a possible territorial concession to Saudi Arabia.Another edition of this map can be found at IOR/R/15/2/159, f 246.1 mapMaterials: Printed in colour on paper, with manuscript additions in black ink and pencil.Dimensions: 440 x 540mm, on sheet 458 x 722mm.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Map
- Type (Narrower):
- Maps
- Type (Broader):
- Image
- Geographic region:
- Rubʻ al Khālī
- Extent:
- 1 map
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100049623112.0x000003_ar
81055/vdc_100049623112.0x000003_en
IOR/L/PS/12/2137, f 308 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers