‘CANAL AND COMMUNICATION MAP OF MESOPOTAMIA SHEET No 2’
IOR/L/MIL/17/15/55, f 44
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1919. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The maps shows canals, rivers, railways and roads – lines of communication – in Mesopotamia [Iraq]. Existing canals and rivers are shown in blue, proposed new canals and extensions as dashed blue lines, railways as black lines, and roads as thin red lines. District boundaries are indicated as thick dashed red lines. A reference key can be found towards the bottom right corner.
The map bears two printing statements ‘Reduced from a trace prepared by the Staff of Sir John Hewett G.C.S.I., C.I.E., K.B.E.’ and ‘Reproduced by Survey Party M.E.F. No. 350’.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Scale
- 1:500,000
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- It is part of
- 94 imagesRef: IOR/L/MIL/17/15/55
- Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed on paper
Dimensions: 525 x 385mm, on sheet 610 x 505mm
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/55, f 44
- Date(s)
- 1919 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Canals
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/55, f 44
- Title
- ‘CANAL AND COMMUNICATION MAP OF MESOPOTAMIA SHEET No 2’
- Pages
- 44r:44v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence