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Key Map of Palestine: Index to special sheets by names: 1:40 000 Maps covered by...
Catalogue reference: WO 303/12
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- [Sep 1917]
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Key Map of Palestine: Index to special sheets by names: 1:40 000 Maps covered by Index: Palestine: Operations maps: 1:40 000 (British) series [1917 editions without sheet numbers, pieces 321-337]; the 1:10 000 sheets drawn in green are in the class [pieces 431-432]. Base: Index drawn in coloured inks on printed index with original title "Key Map of Palestine" amended in MS as listed. Extensive MS annotations. Stamped GSGS Map Room, WO, 10 Nov 1917.
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