Item
'Sketch of APPROACHES TO KUWEIT HARBOUR AND SHATT AL ARAB'
Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/20/FO25, f 88
What’s it about?
This record is about the 'Sketch of APPROACHES TO KUWEIT HARBOUR AND SHATT AL ARAB' dating from 1907.
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Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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IOR/L/PS/20/FO25, f 88
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Title (The name of the record)
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'Sketch of APPROACHES TO KUWEIT HARBOUR AND SHATT AL ARAB'
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Date (When the record was created)
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1907
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Description (What the record is about)
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The map sheet is one of six maps included in IOR/L/PS/20/FO25. It is an Admiralty sea map and shows the approaches to Kuweit [Kuwait] Harbour and the Shatt Al Arab. It indicates heights above water springs, depth soundings, different types of lights and buoys, gravel, mud, rock, sand, shells, and stones. Also included are additional comments on wrecks, tides, floods, and landing places. A compass rose is included showing predicted magnetic variation for 1907. It includes a printing statement as follows: 'Issued for Fleet purposes 2nd June 1902. Large corrections December 1904. July 1907.' Lithographed by Malby & Sons.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 map sheet
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
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Materials: printed on paper. Dimensions: 633 x 480mm, on sheet 658 x 490mm.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a8aaa79e-136c-40ad-ad2d-fb52c4be58a6/
Series information
IOR/L/PS/20
Political and Secret Department Library
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/L/PS
Political and Secret Department Records
Within the series: IOR/L/PS/20
Political and Secret Department Library
Within the sub-series: IOR/L/PS/20/FO
Political and Secret Department Library: Foreign Office Prints
Within the file: IOR/L/PS/20/FO25
'PERSIA. 1908.'
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'Sketch of APPROACHES TO KUWEIT HARBOUR AND SHATT AL ARAB'