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The Paumbum Passage, Gulf of Manaar, 1830

Description:

Depth shown by soundings and shading. Relief shown by hachures. Proposed cuts [channels] through the mainland and through [sand] bar are shown. Coral reefs and "track of native boats" are shown. Includes inset map showing southern tip of India, northern Sri Lanka, Gulf of Mannar, and Adam's Bridge. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 4 (1834), pp. 1-25; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v.4 1834.

Resource Link:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9976508153506421

Identifier:

ark:/88435/tb09j817c

Language:

en and English

Creator:

Bradbury, C, fl. 1834

Publisher:

London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1834.

Provider:

Princeton

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Image

Subject:

Canals—India, Waterways—Indian Ocean, Mannar, Gulf of—Maps, Palk Strait—Maps, Rāmanāthapuram (India : District)—Maps, Indian Coast (India)—Navigation, Indian Coast (Sri Lanka)—Navigation, Indian Ocean—Navigation, Nautical charts, Bathymetric maps, and Maps

Theme:

Canals—India, Waterways—Indian Ocean, Mannar, Gulf of—Maps, Palk Strait—Maps, Rāmanāthapuram (India : District)—Maps, Indian Coast (India)—Navigation, Indian Coast (Sri Lanka)—Navigation, Indian Ocean—Navigation, Nautical charts, Bathymetric maps, and Maps

Spatial Coverage:

India, Sri Lanka, and Indian Ocean

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

TIFF