Maps of the First World War Campaign in Mesopotamia
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Maps as follows: f 1 'Arabia and Middle East'. 'Friendly' and 'Hostile' Confederations with manuscript additions [1916?] f 2 'Lower Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf'. Created by the War Office, 1916 f 3 'Country North of the Persian Gulf'. Created by the War Office, 1916 f 4 'Ske...
Maps Relating to the First World War in the Former Ottoman Empire
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Maps Relating to the First World War in the former Ottoman Empire. As follows: f 1 Northern Persia [Iran] and Caucasia: map fragment [1916?] f 2 The Ottoman Empire north of 33°N. 1916 ff 3-4 'Arabia and Middle East'. Friendly and hostile confederations. [1916?] f 5 'The Middle East'. Published b...
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 ...
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'.
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...