Printed map showing telegraph lines in West Asia. The map includes a key of references of permanent telegraph lines, submarine cables, temporary telegraph lines and other existing permanent telegraph lines.
‘Telegraph Map of Mesopotamia Excluding Railway Wires and Telephone Lines’
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Printed map showing the lines of the telegraph passing through the different cities within Mesopotamia [Iraq]. The map includes a key of references describing the type of telegraph lines used in each city. The map is signed by Lieutenant-Colonel R E Goldsmidt, Director of Telegraphs Mesopotamia, ...
Printed map showing a green line representing the telegraph line from Yarmouth to Fao [Al Faw] and Tehran, passing through northern Europe, the Black Sea, Turkey and Iraq.
'Appendix II' Map of Mesopotamia Showing a Proposed Nestorian Enclave
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Map of Mesopotamia [approximately corresponding to present-day Iraq], with a black horizontal line denoting the northern limit of the British administration. An additional red line labelled ‘Proposed Nestorian Enclave’ marks out an area that straddles either side of the black line, with the half...
