British Admiralty Chart No. 8c Red Sea - Sheet 3 / Lith / Jelajil / Kunfida / Khor Delwen / Khor Shinab / Mersa Ar-Rakiyai

Hydrographic Office; H. Sharbau; G.S. Nares; Commodore A. Carpenter; Lieuetenant E.H. Dobbin; Captain R. Hoskyn

Published by British Admiralty, London, 1923

About this Item

Beautifully drawn b/w chart, printed on heavy paper 86x68cm. Good or better, folded with some ms pencil route annotation and dusting. First published on 31 March 1873, the latest edition stated is 24 April 1922 with small corrections dated 1923. This covers the African side from Abu Dara to the Delta of the Baraka River including the important trade and Hajj ports of Suakin and Port Sudan, and the Arabian side from Mersa Dheneb to Ras Abu Kalb including Jidda (Jeddah), Lith, and Kunfida. In addition to numerous settlements and geographical features along the coasts, there are 3 insets for Arabian ports including Lith, Jelajil, and Kunfida (surveyed by Commodore JD Nares and the Officers of HM Surveying Ship Enterprise 1918), and 3 African including Khor Delwen, Khor Shinab (Sketch Survey by Lt CH Cochran, HMS Grappler 1885). There are also 4 attractively drawn coastal views. Seller Inventory # 5283

Bibliographic Details

Title: British Admiralty Chart No. 8c Red Sea - ...

Publisher: British Admiralty, London

Publication Date: 1923

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Good