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Catalogue description South-West Asia; Egypt. 'Asia 1:1,000,000': map comprising six joined sheets: I 36...
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| Reference: | MR 1/2014/4 |
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South-West Asia; Egypt. 'Asia 1:1,000,000': map comprising six joined sheets: I 36 'Beirut', I 37 'Esh Sham (Damascus)', I 38 'Baghdad', [H 36 'Cairo'], [H 37 'El Djauf' (i.e. Al Jawf)], and [H 38 'Basra'], together covering the area between Cyprus in the north-west, Basra (now in Iraq) in the east, and El Minya in the south-west. Reference tables; index to neighbouring sheets. Sides not parallel because of the projection. Compiled at the Royal Geographical Society under the direction of the Geographical Section, General Staff; drawn and printed at the War Office, 1916-1918; sheet H 36 revised to August 1918. Coloured MS additions coloured show French, British and international spheres of influence; a provisional boundary between British and French territory; and an independent Arab state within the French and British spheres; [the boundaries depicted reflect the Sykes-Picot Agreement, 9 May 1916]. A sheet bearing a reference table to the additions is affixed to the upper right-hand corner of the map. |
| Date: | 1916-1918 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Map designation: | GSGS 2555 |
| Dimensions: | 110 cm x 190 cm |
| Map scale: | 1:1000000 |
| Physical condition: | Printed, coloured |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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