Manuscripts: Map

MAHS-MDV-COL-001-O-0029

This map was drawn during the 19th year of the second reign of Sultan Shams al-Din III (1921). The survey and drawing work were done by Dhon Thuthu (I...

MAHS-MDV-COL-001-O-0030

This map was done in the 21st year of the second reign of Sultan Muhammad Shams al-Din III. Work on this map was led by Dhon Thuthu and Bodufulhaggey ...

MAHS-MDV-COL-001-O-0031

This colored map of the capital island was produced in 1950. It was commissioned by Mohamed Amin Didi shortly before he became President. The map was ...

MAHS-MDV-COL-001-O-0032

This map was prepared by the Maldives Land Registration Division in 1978. The title is printed in English at top right, with date and office in which ...

MAHS-MDV-COL-001-O-0036

This map of Malé was produced in 1986 by pasting together multiple tiles of A3-sized paper. It is much faded, with a faint note at the top left, whi...

MAHS-MDV-COL-001-O-0037

This color-coded map does not carry any information on its cartography, and is not dated, but it's relative chronology can be gauged by considering it...

MAHS-MDV-COL-001-O-0037

This color-coded map does not carry any information on its cartography, and is not dated, but it's relative chronology can be gauged by considering its visualization of land reclamation carried out in the 80's and later. It is hand drawn, with four wards of Malé color-coded, and all block numbers indicated. The names of most major roads are written in modern Thaana, though some are partially in the Arabic script. Some newly added blocks on reclaimed land are shown, but the reclaimed areas and blocks of south Malé are not included. The last road on west is Kan'baAisa Rani Hingun, with the subsequent land reclamation on that shore not yet indicated, and the last road on south is Buruze Magu. Hence this map must have been completed before Ameenee Magu was built on reclaimed land, which helps to establish a likely date in the 1980s. The detailed photography and digital stitching of this map and five others from the collection of the National Museum of the Maldives was done by Aishath Shifa Shafeeg and Hamzah Hassan over a period from 22 March – 28 May, 2021.

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