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The Paumbum Passage, Gulf of Manaar, 1830

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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.
Publisher:
London : published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1834.
Place(s):
India, Sri Lanka, and Indian Ocean
Subject(s):
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, and Indian Ocean—Navigation
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