'A Map of the Countries Between Constantinople and Calcutta including Turkey in Asia, Persia, Afghanistan & Turkestan.' Western portion only. With manuscript additions showing the positions of religious sites, naval bases, oil sites and updated railway information
'A Map of the Countries Between Constantinople and Calcutta including Turkey in Asia, Persia, Afghanistan & Turkestan.' Western portion only. With manuscript additions showing the positions of religious sites, naval bases, oil sites and updated railway information
'A Map of the Countries Between Constantinople and Calcutta including Turkey in Asia, Persia, Afghanistan & Turkestan.' Western portion only. With manuscript additions showing the positions of religious sites, naval bases, oil sites and updated railway information
Date:
1912/1918
Description:
Abstract: Western half of printed map sheet; the eastern half, disassociated, was not present on transfer.Western portion bears the imprints 'London; Published by Edward Stanford, Ltd., 12, 13, & 14, Long Acre, W.C., Oct. 1st., 1912' and '11012'. Covers western Asia, including the Arabian Peninsula. Portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and hachures, roads, railways, submarine telegraphs, settlements, place names and international boundaries. A full copy of this map, also incorporating a red plate not present on this version (showing steamship routes, proposed railways and limits of British jurisdiction in Persia [Iran]), is filed at Maps X.6918.Manuscript additions portray supplementary railway information, religious sites, naval and submarine bases and oil sites, and includes strategic notes.Creation end date derived from position of military forces on Mss Eur F112/552, f 11.Verso bears the note 'Arabia [?]Sykes'.Physical description: Materials: Printed, with manuscript additions in ink, pencil, crayon and watercolour, on paperDimensions: 630 x 577mm, on sheet 710 x 616mm