Western Turkey, Showing the Zone of the High Commissioner and Areas Ceded to Greece and Italy

Content

Comprises a general purpose base map A map portraying background detail. with overprints Additional information printed on to an existing map. in red, blue and black. Sheet trimmed around the neatline The map frame. and mounted on paper. Relates to the Treaty of Sèvres (1920).

The base map A map portraying background detail. portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights A point on a map at which the height of the land is recorded. and gradient tints, roads, railways, settlements and place names. Railway information current to early 1890s.

The red overprint Additional information printed on to an existing map. portrays suggested post-war boundaries of Turkey, the Zone of the High Commissioner (Zone of the Straits) and lands to be ceded to Greece and Italy. The blue overprint Additional information printed on to an existing map. depicts territory in which the Greeks form fifty per cent or more of the total population. The black overprint Additional information printed on to an existing map. annotates land to be ceded to Greece together with a legend and explanatory note. The overprints Additional information printed on to an existing map. are dated approximately 1920 and bear the imprint '1056-1'. A small pencil annotation occurs within the area ceded to Greece.

Extent and format

1 map sheet

Area map covers

Map loading...

Scale

Scale approximately 1:3,000,000

Scale designator

Horizontal

Orientation

North

Degree coordinates

Top-left: 42° 6' 19.08" N, 25° 32' 8.52" E
Top-right: 42° 6' 19.08" N, 32° 15' 0" E
Bottom-left: 35° 45' 0" N, 25° 32' 8.52" E
Bottom-right: 35° 45' 0" N, 32° 15' 0" E

It is part of

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

90 images

Ref: Mss Eur F112/570

Physical characteristics

Materials: Printed in colour, with manuscript additions in pencil

Dimensions: 240 x 188mm, on sheet 340 x 218mm

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, f 2

History of this record

Date(s)

Early 1890s-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 StraitsItalyGreeceTurkey

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