Image: Karachi map 1911

Description: Identifier: handbooktravelle00john Title: A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: John Murray (Firm) Subjects: India -- Guidebooks Burma -- Guidebooks Sri Lanka -- Guidebooks Publisher: London : J. Murray Calcutta : Thacker, Spink, & Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ommenced in 1854, and completedin 1883, since when additionalrailway facilities have constantlybeen added. There is very goodsea-fishing to be had in the harbour,which is famed for its fish andoysters. Near the Napier Mole,on the back - water, is the Sindh r 267 • stop there ; asdharmsala, or:omfortable ford out in partsextra horse isge; the charge/ Rs. 12.I clump of dateim of hot water,ch is 133°. OnHey is a templeck grove, andcaused by thef the spring,surrounded by;ontaining someiters, which, aserable numberlammedans injmb regard asd remunerativelese custodiansvisitors to seet is a curious1 alligators areare a differentnouted Gharial 3) to Kotri byndus—228 m. in the Indus,-duajah Kliizr.great apparentinscription, theirine of Khizr,iindah Pir, or; venerated byedans alike. of the isle of id of Bhakkur. of oval shape, ds. wide, and most the whole fortress, which e facing Rohri Sukkur, on the hed much im- But on our 1838, it was of the British as used, first KARACHI AND ENVIRONS 3. Text Appearing After Image: RerercijcesI ThetniiuEiiraiieanA SaaU l^A&sao Truitv-otj r\tn>n IAu0 Lojicluii. John Mim^aT^^bdOdflD 5tr«i ROUTE l8. KARACHI 267 Boat Club House. The Defenoee of the harbour consist, beside themarine defences, of three largeforts, the largest on the Manoraheadland, at the entrance to theharbour on the W. The lighthousenear this shows a fixed light 148 ft.above sea-level, visible 17 m. inclear weather. On the meridian ofKarachi there is no land betweenManora and the South Pole. The cheapest route from Londonto Quetta, Mooltan, Lahore, andNorth - West India is vid Karachi.Through tickets by the P. & O.and other steamer lines to Karachi,483 m. (P. & O. passengers change toB.I.S.N. mail steamer in Bombay har-bour), are issued at the same price astickets to Bombay. There is aquick weekly service by the B.LS.N.from Karachi to Muscat, BandarAbbas, Bushire and Basrah on thePersian Gulf. Clifton, 3 m. S. of the cantonment,a favourite afternoon ride and drive,stands on the sea, Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Karachi map 1911
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