'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 military forces and updates to communications
'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 military forces and updates to communications
'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 military forces and updates to communications
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, Lon[g 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 road and railway information, and the positions of British, Russian, Turkish, and 'friendly' or 'hostile Arab or Kurd' forces.Creation start date derived from imprint (11012) and Mss Eur F112/552, f 12; end date derived from position of military forces.Verso bears the note 'Arabia [?]Sykes'.Physical description: Materials: Printed, with manuscript additions in ink, pencil, crayon and watercolourDimensions: 630 x 521mm, on sheet 710 x 561mm