Plan van Fort Kandahar

Creation Date:

[approximately 1738?]
1738

Place Of Origin:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 ms. map : color ; 38 x 24 cm

Language:

Dutch; Flemish

Genre:

map
cartographic image
Aerial views
Manuscript maps
Early works
Pictorial maps
Early works to 1800
Maps

Digital Format:

Images

Subjects:

Manuscript maps--Early works to 1800
Kandahār (Afghanistan)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Kandahār (Afghanistan)--Aerial views--Early works to 1800
Manuscript maps
Afghanistan--Kandahār

Notes:

Pictorial map.
Probably executed by an artist witnessing Nader Shah's siege of Kandahar, which began in 1738.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor.
Includes index to points of interest.
Available also as a digital image through the Harvard University Library Web site.

Series:

Harvard Map Collection digital maps

Classification:

G7634.K25A5 1738 .P5

Repository:

Harvard Map Collection, Harvard University

Record ID:

990097048440203941

HOLLIS Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990097048440203941/catalog

Permalink:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/curiosity/scanned-maps/44-990097048440203941