par V. Fontanier. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.5 .F66 1844 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i20238162 BIB-ID: 1025610 Show morepar V. Fontanier. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.5 .F66 1844 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i20238162 BIB-ID: 1025610 Show less
par V. Fontanier. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.5 .F66 1844 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i10239741 BIB-ID: 1025610 Show morepar V. Fontanier. Main Heritage Shelves General DS48.5 .F66 1844 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i10239741 BIB-ID: 1025610 Show less
CARTE DE LA COSTE D'ARABIE, MER ROUGE ET GOLFE DU PERSE. Tiree de la carte Francoise de l'ocean oriental, publiee par ordre Mgr le Comte de... Show moreCARTE DE LA COSTE D'ARABIE, MER ROUGE ET GOLFE DU PERSE. Tiree de la carte Francoise de l'ocean oriental, publiee par ordre Mgr le Comte de Maurepas en 1740 [cart.low. l. h.] Longitude de l’Sole de Fer. [ben. marg. low l. h.] Note [up r. h.]. Lieux ou il ya observations astronomiques de latitude et de laongitude + observations astronom. de latitude,+ observations de latitude faites par d’habiles Navigateurs. No 13. [ben. marg. r.] Covers: 48°-77°E. 9°-33°N. No detail in the interior of the peninsula. Pearl banks at coast around Qatar. No. 13. Show less
جان جاك بيريبي ؛ تعريب نجدة هاجر، سعيد الغز. Main Heritage Compact General DS326 .B4125 1959 Book Item-ID: i15917083 BIB-ID: 2611932 Show moreجان جاك بيريبي ؛ تعريب نجدة هاجر، سعيد الغز. Main Heritage Compact General DS326 .B4125 1959 Book Item-ID: i15917083 BIB-ID: 2611932 Show less
This chart is plate 28 from the "Oriental Neptune" by the French cartographer and French East Indian Company naval officer Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas... Show moreThis chart is plate 28 from the "Oriental Neptune" by the French cartographer and French East Indian Company naval officer Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis d'Après de Mannevillette (1707-1780). The chart shows the Persian Gulf from Basra at the north to past the Strait of Hormuz to the present day Ras al Hadd in Gulf of Oman in the south. The inset map shows the present day islands of Khark and Kharko and the harbor of Bandar Rig. The map is a navigational chart well marked by rhumb lines for plotting courses and showing bathymetric soundings, prevailing currents, the locations of dangerous shoals, submerged rocks and other dangers to navigation, safe anchorages, and coastal views in great detail, mostly on the Persian side of the Gulf. Interior information is minimal and solely related to coastal views, large inland mountains that can be seen from near the coast, or river inlets. The southern part of the Gulf has very little detail; especially from the area of Qatif and Bahrain to the modern day United Arab Emirates (and locations are inaccurate, Dubai - Daba - is depicted as on the Omani coast). There is no hint of the peninsula of Qatar as is typical of maps of this period. Even the pearl banks of the southern part of the gulf which would shortly become famous are unmarked on this map. As the writing on the Arabian coast bordering the Gulf says, the entirety of this coast is infrequently visited and consequently little known. The Oriental Neptune was originally published in 1745 and was not majorly revised in the later editions published as late as 1775. 1745 was a couple of decades before the longitude problem had been solved and therefore only lines of latitude are drawn. The chart was engraved by the French engraver and geographer Guillaume Nicolas Delahaye (1727-1802). le fond de cette carte a eté recueuilli et remis à l'Auteur par M. le Floch de la Carriere Capitaine des Vaisseaux de l'Inde ; Guill. De la Haye. From Après de Mannevillette's Oriental Neptune Small inset map: "Plan des Isles Karak et Korgo et de la Baye de Bundereek." Relief shown pictorially on the coasts and with soundings Nautical charts Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00450 Print Map Item-ID: i2419038x BIB-ID: 1822156 Show less
par Robiquet hydrographe Includes 3 inset charts: "L'entrée de la Mer Rouge", "Rade de Moka", "Aden" Relief shown by hachures, depth by bathymetric... Show morepar Robiquet hydrographe Includes 3 inset charts: "L'entrée de la Mer Rouge", "Rade de Moka", "Aden" Relief shown by hachures, depth by bathymetric soundings and isolines Nautical chart Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00483 Print Map Item-ID: i24348168 BIB-ID: 2589808 Show less
فكتور فونطاتي ؛ ترجمة محمد سعيد الخلادي ؛ مراجعة د. فريد الزاهي. Main Heritage Reading Room DS48.5 .F66125 2013 Reference Item-ID: i23816880 BIB-ID:... Show moreفكتور فونطاتي ؛ ترجمة محمد سعيد الخلادي ؛ مراجعة د. فريد الزاهي. Main Heritage Reading Room DS48.5 .F66125 2013 Reference Item-ID: i23816880 BIB-ID: 2534769 Show less