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'Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia (Ethnographical)' showing additional frontiers with attached key [35v] (3/3)
The record is made up of 1 map sheet and 1 folio. It was created in 1917-1919. 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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Folio 35 is a map bearing the imprint 'Published by the Royal Geographical Society, 1910. Railways inserted to November, 1917' and the series designation 'G[eographical].S[ection].,G[eneral].S[taff]., No. 2901.' Portrays hydrology, roads, telegraphs, settlements, place names and international boundaries. The sheet bears the printed note 'International Boundaries as in July, 1914'. A 1921 full edition of this base map A map portraying background detail. , including also relief, railways and ancient canals, is at Maps 46970.(44.) although lacks a GSGS designation, yet includes a set of accompanying notes published by the Royal Geographical Society in 1910, including details of compilation material The preparatory material from which a final map will be produced. .
A thematic overprint Additional information printed on to an existing map. in several colours portrays the geographical distribution of twenty different ethnographical groups. Eight proposed boundaries have been added in manuscript. Copies of this map, without the manuscript additions, are also filed at Maps 46990.(1.) and Maps MOD GSGS 2901.
Folio 35a is an attached folio (227 x 181mm) in typescript and coloured ink that provides a key to the manuscript boundary additions on folio 35. It bears the signature block 'General Staff. War Office. 20.8.19.'
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- 1 map sheet and 1 folio
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale 1:2,000,000
- 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.
- Conical with standard parallels at 32°N and 40°N
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 41° 43' 0.12" N, 32° 45' 0" E
Top-right: 41° 43' 0.12" N, 50° 12' 0" E
Bottom-left: 29° 19' 59.88" N, 32° 45' 0" E
Bottom-right: 29° 19' 59.88" N, 50° 12' 0" E - Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed in colour, with manuscript additions in coloured ink
Dimensions: 710 x 743mm, on sheet 785 x 912mm
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Mss Eur F112/570, ff 35-35a
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- 'Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia (Ethnographical)' showing additional frontiers with attached key
- Pages
- 35r:35v
- Author
- Royal Geographical Society
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- Public Domain