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Title: A map of a route along the Alburz Mountains between Tehran, Astrábád and Shahrúd from plane table surveys executed in 1881 & 1882 by Lieutt. Col. Beresford Lovett, R.E.

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1883

Publishers

  • London : Edward Stanford, 1883.

Summary

The author's route colored red. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Major roads, telegraph lines, and canals are shown. Includes explanation of Persian geographical terms used. "The Country not surveyed by Lt. Col. Lovett is left in skeleton." From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 5 (1885), no. 2, pp. 57-84; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

Subjects

  • Iran
  • Māzandarān (Iran)—Description and travel
  • Mountains—Iran
  • Alborz Mountains (Iran)—Maps
  • Māzandarān (Iran)—Maps
  • Physical maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (51.0, 55.033333, 36.933333, 35.633333)
  • Geometry: BBOX (51.0, 55.033333, 36.933333, 35.633333)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Lovett, Beresford, 1839-. A map of a route along the Alburz Mountains between Tehran, Astrábád and Shahrúd from plane table surveys executed in 1881 & 1882 by Lieutt. Col. Beresford Lovett, R.E.. London : Edward Stanford, 1883.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-4f16c5320

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng