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Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia. Fragment of south-east corner, with additional railway information [36v] (2/2)
The record is made up of 1 map sheet. It was created in 1917-1918. 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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Sheet is stamped 'Secret'.
Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2901, with manuscript additions portraying railway information. Only the south-east quarter of the sheet is present; the title is absent.
The map bears the imprint 'Published by the Royal Geographical Society, 1910. Railways inserted to November, 1917' and portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights A point on a map at which the height of the land is recorded. , roads, railways, telegraphs, settlements, place names and international boundaries. The sheet bears the printed note 'International Boundaries as in July, 1914'. A 1921 edition of this map is at Maps 46970.(44.) and includes accompanying notes (including compilation details) published by the Royal Geographical Society in 1910, although lacks a GSGS designation yet contains an additional grey plate ( hachures Lines drawn on a map to indicate the direction and steepness of slope. and ancient canals) that is lacking from this version; projection Any method by which the earth’s curved surface may be transposed (or projected) on to a flat surface. information has been taken from this source.
Manuscript additions provide supplementary information on railway gauge and projected railways.
Date range end date taken from War Office accession stamp.
- Extent and format
- 1 map sheet
- 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: 39° 4' 0.12" N, 39° 58' 0.12" E
Top-right: 39° 4' 0.12" N, 49° 55' 54.48" E
Bottom-left: 29° 19' 59.88" N, 39° 58' 0.12" E
Bottom-right: 29° 19' 59.88" N, 49° 55' 54.48" E - Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed in colour, with manuscript additions in coloured ink
Dimensions: 559 x 452mm, on sheet 585 x 483mm
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Mss Eur F112/570, f 36
- Title
- Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia. Fragment of south-east corner, with additional railway information
- Pages
- 36r:36v
- Author
- Unknown annotator
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- Reference
- Mss Eur F112/570, f 36
- Title
- Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia. Fragment of south-east corner, with additional railway information
- Pages
- 36r:36v
- Author
- Royal Geographical Society
- Copyright
- ©Royal Geographical Society
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- Creative Commons Non-Commercial Licence