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Area now in Moldova. Two maps (34 sheets) relating to the Bessarabian Boundary Commission....
Catalogue reference: FO 925/3558
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- 1856-1857
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Area now in Moldova. Two maps (34 sheets) relating to the Bessarabian Boundary Commission.
(1) 'Carte Générale du Territoire Cedé par l'Empire de Russie à l'Empire de Turquie d'après le Traité de Paris du 30/18 Mars 1856 et le Protocole des Confèrences de Paris signé le 6 Janvier 1857/25 Decembre 1856 annexe à titre de renseignement à l'acte défintif de la Commission de délimitation, signé à Kichineff le 11 Avril/30 Mars 1857'. Map showing ceded territory according to the Treaty of Paris on 18 March 1856 and the Protocol of the Paris Conferences signed 25 December 1856 and 6 January 1857. Map also shows statistical table of areas and population. Drawn by Lieutenant Edward R James, Royal Engineers.
(2) 'Carte topographique et spéciale de la frontière tracée entre les empires de Russie et de Turquie en Bessarabie d'après le Traité de Paris du 30/18 Mars 1856 et le Protocole des Conferences de Paris signé le 6 Janvier 1857/25 Decembre 1856 par les Commissaires délimitateurs de l’Autriche, de la France, de la Grande-Bretagne de la Russie et de la Turquie ...'. 33 sheets. Map of the border between Russia and Turkey. Separate title and index sheets. Reference table. Compass indicator. Drawn by Lieutenant Edward R James, Royal Engineers. Each sheet signed by Lieutenant Edward Stanton, Royal Engineers; Kalik, Besson, M Fanton de Verrayon, Baron A de Stackelberg and Mouhliss Prince G Stourdza, [Bessarabian Boundary Commissioners]. Dimensions: (1) 61.5 cm x 93.5 cm; (2) each sheet 41 cm x 56 cm, folded into volume 47 cm x 34 cm.
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- French
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- 1:210000
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- MS, coloured
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entries 3538 and 3539.
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