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Europe, south-east: map: 'Carte der Europaëïschen Türkey nebst einem Theile von Kleinasien...

Catalogue reference: FO 925/3333

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Reference
FO 925/3333
Date
1829-1854
Description

Europe, south-east: map: 'Carte der Europaëïschen Türkey nebst einem Theile von Kleinasien in XXI. Blaettern ...'. Map showing 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. Reference table. Beneath the title Turkish soldiers and civilians are shown opposite Constantinople. Statistical table. Table of geographical points. Scale: 6.2 inches to 55 miles; scale bars also in German, Turkish, Russian, French and Italian units. Six sheets, between 135 cm x 96 cm and 84 cm x 96 cm. Reproduced under the direction of Major Thomas Best Jervis, FRS, late of the Corps of Engineers, East India Service. Supplied to the public by John Petheram, High Holborn, and for official use through HM Stationery Office by Jervis. Notes by Jervis, 12 April 1854, on the preparation of the map, state that it was reproduced 'for the immediate use of the Staff of the British army proceeding to the East ...'. Designed and drawn by Lieutenant Franz von Weiss, Austrian army. Published by the Austrian Quarter Master General's Staff, 1829. 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].

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and German
Physical condition
Printed, with coloured MS additions
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Administrative / biographical background
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 229.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3819697/

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