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1. IOR/X/12032

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12032
Title:
Manual of Map Reading, Photo Reading and Field Sketching
Scope & Content:
Manual explaining to soldiers how to read maps and photographs and the role and techniques of field sketching. Published by the War Office. Includes adverts to inside front and rear covers, some relevant to the book's subjects. Pencil manuscript on inside front cover of the name R Lockhart and R....
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 volume (164 pages)

2. IOR/X/12045

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12045
Title:
Sketch Map of Turkey in Asia
Scope & Content:
GSGS No. 2713? Published by the War Office. Shows rivers, main settlements, roads and railways of two different gauges and those under construction over a large area of the Middle East. A note printed in the left margin describes some of the principal railway lines. Part of the top left and top r...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 sheet

3. IOR/X/12218

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12218
Title:
British and Foreign Main Trunk Air Lines (1928-29) GSGS 3888
Scope & Content:
A world outline map showing trunk air routes routes operating and proposed, with rail connections, all identified by operating country. A reference table of abbreviations used for each country is given in the lower central area of the sheet. Published by Ordnance Survey 1926, printed at the War O...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 sheet

4. IOR/X/12010

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12010
Title:
'China, Asia 1:4,000,000, Sheet 34' GSGS 2957.
Scope & Content:
Sheet 34 (1/M North F - J.46-50) from Asia series GSGS 2957, showing topographical features. Compiled and first published by the War Office in 1926, revised and reprinted by the War Office in 1939.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1926-1939
Extent:
1 sheet

5. IOR/X/12093

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12093
Title:
'Persia & Afghanistan' Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2149
Scope & Content:
A topographical map of Persia and Afghanistan at a scale of 1 inch to 64 miles, showing international boundaries, altitudes and spot heights, rivers and water features, roads, passes, and railways at different gauges. Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2149. War Office, April 1908. The back ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 sheet

6. IOR/X/12054

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12054
Title:
Ottoman Empire 1:750,000 Medina-Mecca
Scope & Content:
Two editions of one map from a series, copied on a reduced scale from GSGS 4011 (Medina-Mecca). Show topographical features, wells, springs and the presence or absence of water, vegetation, railways, routes, telegraph lines, and settlements. The coastline shows soundings. Index to adjoining sheet...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
2 sheets

7. IOR/X/12049

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12049
Title:
[Composite map from the International Map of the World at 1:1,000,000 comprising parts of: I.37 Damascus, I.38 Baghdad, and I.39 Tehran] GSGS 2555
Scope & Content:
A composite topographical map composed of at least three sheets glued together to cover a contiguous area from present-day Syria and eastern Turkey to Iran, and northern Iraq to Georgia. Manuscript additions in black ink indicate 'suggested new Southern boundary of Kurdistan', 'Western Frontier, ...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
1 sheet

8. IOR/X/12126/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12126/6
Title:
[Abyssinia] Lithographed at the Topographical Depot of the War Office
Scope & Content:
Topographical map with index inset in the lower right corner.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867-1868
Extent:
5 sheets

9. IOR/X/12126/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12126/5
Title:
'Route Map of Abyssinia' Lithographed at the Topographical Depot of the War Office.
Scope & Content:
Topographical map showing routes in Abyssinia, with an inset 'General Map of Abyssinia' in the top left corner above four vertical section profiles drawn at different scales.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
1 sheet

10. IOR/X/12126/4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/12126/4
Title:
'Map of Part of Central Abyssinia' Compiled by E.G Ravenstein and lithographed at the Topographical Depot of the War Office.
Scope & Content:
Topographical map of parts of Abyssinia, showing relief, drainage, with colour manuscript demarcation of territories. The map is undated, but was presented to the Royal Geographical Society on 11 May 1868.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1868
Extent:
1 sheet