Skip to main content
Phototheca AfghanicaPhototheca Afghanica
  •

ILN 1885/1, 21 — ABC Caravan at Maruchak

Fording of the Murghab River by the caravan of the ABC, near the remains of an old bridge. Engraving based on a sketch by William Simpson.
The British expedition fording the Murghab at Maruchak.
  • The Illustrated London News 1885/1, p. 281: description of this engraving.
Image No.
ILN 1885/1, 21
Collection
Afghan Boundary Commission 1884-86
Series
ABC 7, ILN Engravings 1884-1885/1
Format
151/232 mm
Place, date
Maruchak, December 8, 1884
Descriptors
  • 1.56 Pictures of People
  • 1.57 Pictures of Landscapes, Cities
  • 19. Badghis Province
  • 4.365 Abdur Rahman Khan (1880-1901)
    • Latitude / Longitude35.825271 / 63.110531
    Google Mapshttps://maps.google.com
    Zoom Earthhttps://zoom.earth

    You know more about this picture?

    Write to us!

    © Copyright text: Stiftung Bibliotheca Afghanica, CH-4416 Bubendorf

    Authors: Paul Bucherer, Mattias Hemmig, Hans-Ulrich Seidt, Bill Woodburn