Created by Ordnance Survey. Covers a forty-five-mile length of the River Tigris from Kut [Al-Kut] eastwards to Sheikh Saad [Shaykh Sa'd] in present-day eastern Iraq. Sheet extends approximately five miles to the north and fifteen miles to the south of the river. Created to support the Allied rel...
These maps represent a British impression of the expansionist ambitions of the German State during the First World War derived from the writings of Pan-Germanic authors of the period, in particular Paul Anton de Lagarde. The map represents the route of the railway project that links the Central ...
Lithograph depicting Rumania as neutral, with later watercolour wash to show her subsequent Allied allegiance
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Original printed sheet depicted Rumania [Romania] in yellow (neutral). On this copy Rumania has been painted over with a green watercolour wash to show her later Allied allegiance. Also shows population figures for Central Powers countries. Verso bears the annotation 'Berlin to Baghdad'. Anoth...
Printed sheet depicting Rumania [Romania] in green (Allied). Bears the annotation 'Lord Curzon'. Also shows updated population figures for Central Powers countries. Verso bears the annotations 'All Europe' and 'Lord Curzon'.
Maps and Associated Documents Relating to the Post-war Realignment of Boundaries in the Former Ottoman Empire
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Maps and documents prepared for the re-alignment of boundaries in the former Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of the First World War. As follows: f 1 'Sketch Map of Asia Minor, showing approximate course of Roads and Railways'. With boundary additions. Engraved by Emery Walker Ltd. [1915-17] f 2 ...
'Sketch Map of Asia Minor, showing approximate course of Roads and Railways'. With boundary additions
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The sheet bears the manuscript annotation 'Secret'. General purpose base map of Asia Minor with imprint 'Emery Walker Ltd. sc[ulpsit].' Portrays hydrology, roads, railways, settlements and place names. Date range derived from railway information. Manuscript and typescript additions relate to t...
Western Turkey, Showing the Zone of the High Commissioner and Areas Ceded to Greece and Italy
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Comprises a general purpose base map with overprints in red, blue and black. Sheet trimmed around the neatline and mounted on paper. Relates to the Treaty of Sèvres (1920). The base map portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights and gradient tints, roads, railways, settlements and place names. ...
'Izmir (Smyrna)'. With boundaries added in manuscript
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Relates to the Treaty of Sèvres (1920). Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2555, Sheet North J-35, Izmir (Smyrna), Provisional Edition. Covers Izmir, western Turkey and surrounding land and sea areas to a radius of approximately 150 miles. Portrays hydrology, soundings, relief by spot heig...
'Anatolia'. With boundaries added to 20 February 1920
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Relates to the Treaty of Sèvres (1920) Created by the War Office August 1919 with boundaries added to 20 February 1920. Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2931, Sheet 'Anatolia'. Portrays hydrology, soundings, relief by spot heights and contours, railways, settlements, place names, and int...
'Anatolia'. With boundaries and proposed boundaries added to 30 March 1920
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Relates to the Treaty of Sèvres (1920). Created by the War Office August 1919 with boundaries and proposed boundaries added to 30 March 1920. Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2931, Sheet 'Anatolia'. Portrays hydrology, soundings, relief by spot heights and contours, railways, settlements...
