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Europe, south-east, central and east: 'Carte génerale de la Turquie d'Europe en XV...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/3213
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This record is about the Europe, south-east, central and east: 'Carte génerale de la Turquie d'Europe en XV... dating from 1822 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- FO 925/3213
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1822
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Europe, south-east, central and east: 'Carte génerale de la Turquie d'Europe en XV feuilles ...'. Map showing boundaries and chief towns of districts and provinces; villages, forts, isolated houses, churches, ruins, post stations, roads, in area between 34°50' and 48°N and between 16° and 29°30'E. An additional sheet extends the map to show Turkish peninsula west of 31°30'E. Reference table. Scale bars in French, German, British, Russian, Greek, Turkish, Romanian and international units. 15 sheets, each about 51 cm x 40 cm; extension sheet in two halves, each 23.5 cm x 41 cm. Prepared by Lapie, Senior Officer in the Royal Corps of Geographical Engineers, from material collected by Lieutenant General Count Guilleminot, Director General of the Dépôt de la Guerre, and Baron de Tromelin, Field Marshal, Inspector General of Infantry. Engraved by Flahaut. Topography engraved by Leroux. Published by C Picquet, Paris, 1822. Insets: the Dardanelles, Constantinople, Rhodes and Salonica. Longitudes taken from Paris.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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- 1:800000
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- Engraved, coloured
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 221.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3819577/
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