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 ...
Maps Showing the Disposition of Troops in the Eastern Ottoman Empire and Surrounding Areas between 1919 and 1922
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Ten War Office maps, three with attached folios, portraying the disposition of troops in the aftermath of the Mesopotamia campaign of the First World War. As follows: ff 1-1a 'Persia and Afghanistan. 7. Feb. 1919.' f 2-4 'Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia [Iran]. Dispositio...
Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2931, sheet 'Syria & Mesopotamia', comprising a base map with overprint. The base map bears the imprint 'War Office, November, 1919.' and portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, railways, settlements, place names, and internal and international bo...
'Anatolia. Disposition of Turkish Western Army so far as is known from sources up to 29th. Sept[ember]. 1922.'
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Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2931, sheet 'Anatolia', comprising a base map with overprints. The base map bears the imprint 'War Office, August, 1919' and portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, railways, settlements, place names, and internal and international boundaries. A conto...
Title taken from manuscript annotation on verso; recto bears no title. Printed sheet depicting disputed territories in the Caucasus, particularly Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and southern Russia. Portrays hydrology, railways, settlements, place names, and international and internal boundaries; ...
Geographical Section, General Staff No. 2931, sheet 'Eastern Turkey in Asia', comprising a base map with overprints. The base map bears the imprint 'War Office, October, 1919' and portrays hydrology, relief by spot heights, railways, settlements, place names, and internal and international boun...