'Boundary of Demilitarized Zone about Constantinople. (Meeting of Allied Naval & Military Advisors, London 16.2.20.)'

Content

Relates to the Treaty of Sèvres (1920).

Folios 3 and 4 are copies of the same map, and both bear the classification 'Secret'.

Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2943. Portrays hydrology, soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. , relief by spot heights A point on a map at which the height of the land is recorded. and contours, railways, roads and tracks, telegraphs, settlements, place names, post and telegraph offices, and international and internal boundaries. Sheet compiled from GSGS 2555 sheets NJ-35 Izmir (Smyrna) (dated 1916), NJ-36 Konia (1916), NK-35 Istambul [Istanbul] (Constantinople) (1919) and NK-36 Sinob (1916) and originally produced by the Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office; projection Any method by which the earth’s curved surface may be transposed (or projected) on to a flat surface. information is derived from this source. The Boundary of the Demilitarized Zone [Zone of the Straits] has been added in red.

Folio 3 bears the manuscript number '27'; folio 4 bears the manuscript number '2'.

The verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of folio 3 bears the annotation 'The Straits'.

Additional copies are filed at Maps X.1493. and Maps MOD 2943; neither bears a 'Secret' classification.

Extent and format

2 map sheets

Area map covers

Map loading...

Scale

Scale 1:1,000,000

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Projection Any method by which the earth’s curved surface may be transposed (or projected) on to a flat surface.

Projection Any method by which the earth’s curved surface may be transposed (or projected) on to a flat surface. of the International Map

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 43° 0' 0" N, 25° 0' 0" E
Top-right: 43° 0' 0" N, 31° 0' 0" E
Bottom-left: 39° 0' 0" N, 25° 0' 0" E
Bottom-right: 39° 0' 0" N, 31° 0' 0" E

It is part of

Maps and Associated Documents Relating to the Post-war Realignment of Boundaries in the Former Ottoman Empire

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Ref: Mss Eur F112/570

Physical characteristics

Materials: Printed in colour, with manuscript additions in crayon

Dimensions: 446 x 518mm, on sheet 570 x 558mm

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Map

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Mss Eur F112/570, ff 3-4

History of this record

Date(s)

1920 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Related primary sources

The Treaty of Sèvres can be found at:

• Treaty Series No. 11 (1920), Treaty of Peace with Turkey. Signed at Sèvres, August 10, 1920 (London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1920) filed at OP-fCmd.964.

The Treaty of Sèvres and an analysis thereof can be found at:

· Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Treaties of Peace, 1919-1923 (New York: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1924) filed at Ac.2297.h/4.

Subjects

Treaty of Sèvres (1920)

Places

Zone of the StraitsConstantinople

People & organisations

War Office

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