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'MAP OF PERSIA, WITH A MEMORANDUM AND INDEX.' [3r] (10/57)
The record is made up of 1 volume (24 folios). It was created in 1892. 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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: MEMORANDUM
ON
THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY’S
By the Hon. George Curzon, M.P.
A year and a quarter ago the Council of the Royal Geographical
Society consented, at my instance, and in continuation of a scheme
which they had sanctioned and (in the case of the map of Tibet) already
in part commenced, to order the execution of an entirely new map of
Persia. The reasons which induced them to take this step were, firstly,
the absence of anything like a reliable map of that country, embodying
the results either of recent travels by private individuals, or of the
more authoritative surveys conducted by emissaries of the British and
RuSsian Governments, secondly, the increasing interest that is felt in
the kingdom of the Shah, and the growing extent to which it is yearly
visited and explored by Englishmen; and thirdly, the command, of
which I was able to assure them, of as complete a collection as is pro
curable of the necessary materials. Influenced by these considerations,
the Council graciously acceded to my request, and placed in my hands
the execution of the proposal. Mr. W. J. Turner, f.r.g.s., whose
intelligent and painstaking work has frequently appeared in the Society’s
‘ Proceedings,’ was specially retained to construct the map; and the
sheet to which these paragraphs stand in the relation of an explanatory
memorandum, is the result of our combined labours, which, if they are
often imperfect, and possibly sometimes—from the circumstances of the
case—inaccurate, have yet been conscientiously pursued, and mark,
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This book consists of a map of Persia, with a memorandum and index, prepared by William John Turner for the Royal Geographical Society under the supervision of the Hon George Nathaniel Curzon, M P.
The memorandum is written by George Curzon, a Member of Parliament, and explains the origins of the mapping exercise and the issues involved. An appendix lists the maps directly used in the compilation of the new map and a second appendix lists those maps not used but which were useful for reference. There then follows an index of place names and accompanying grid references to the map. The folded map is placed at the back of the publication.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 26; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- Mss Eur F112/623
- Title
- 'MAP OF PERSIA, WITH A MEMORANDUM AND INDEX.'
- Pages
- 2r:25v
- Author
- Turner, William John
- Copyright
- ©Royal Geographical Society
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