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'Carte der Europaëïschen Türkey nebst einem Theile von Kleinasien'. Map showing European...
Catalogue reference: WO 78/5788
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This record is about the 'Carte der Europaëïschen Türkey nebst einem Theile von Kleinasien'. Map showing European... dating from 1829-1853 in the series War Office and predecessors: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- WO 78/5788
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1829-1853
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Description (What the record is about)
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'Carte der Europaëïschen Türkey nebst einem Theile von Kleinasien'. Map showing European Turkey and Asia Minor. Twenty-two sheets. Map shows place names, battlefields, places where peace concluded, depths, anchorages, roads, wayside crosses, caravan stops, castles, inns, post offices, residences, spas, factories, in area between 16° and 29°30'E, extended to show Rijeka and Odessa; and between 33°20'N and 48°10'N. Beneath the title Turkish soldiers and civilians are shown opposite Constantinople. Reference table. Statistical table. Table of geographical points. Scale: 6.2 inches to 55 miles; scale bars also in German, Turkish, Russian, French and Italian units. Insets of Smyrna, Belgrade, Butrinto, Rhodes, 'Navarin' [Pylos], Bosporus and Constantinople, Dardanelles, Isthmus of Corinth, 'Prevesa' [Preveza] and Gulf of Arta, 'Canal der Dardanellen von Lepanto' [Rion Strait]. Designed and drawn by Lieutenant Franz von Weiss, Austrian army. Published by the Austrian Quarter Master General's Staff, 1829. Dimensions: each sheet 42 cm x 63 cm; index sheet 19 cm x 4.5 cm on sheet 39 cm x 52 cm.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- M.55.5
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- M.55.5
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- Public Record(s)
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- Printed
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 228.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3274741/
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