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Atlas of maps of Europe, Asia, north Africa: 'Spruner-Menke Hand-Atlas für die Geschichte...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/4215B
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This record is about the Atlas of maps of Europe, Asia, north Africa: 'Spruner-Menke Hand-Atlas für die Geschichte... dating from 1871-1880 in the series Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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FO 925/4215B
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Date (When the record was created)
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1871-1880
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Description (What the record is about)
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Atlas of maps of Europe, Asia, north Africa: 'Spruner-Menke Hand-Atlas für die Geschichte des Mittelalters und der neuren Zeit': 90 maps grouped under the heads Europe, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Merovingia and Carolingia, Germany, France, British Isles, Scandinavia, Russian Empire, Hungary and Orient. Reference tables. Numerous insets. Table of contents. Each map 40 cm x 33 cm, bound in volume 25 cm x 40 cm. 33rd edition of Dr K von Spruner's Hand-Atlas, newly edited by Menke. Maps of Russia compiled by Professor J Caro. Maps variously drawn by F Hein, F Keinz, B Hassenstein, E Mayr, G Breithaupt, E Schäffer, O Koffmahn. Engraved by G Geissler, E Kühn, A Reichenbecher. Some maps of Germany revised by Dr Thomas Lindner. Printed by Engelhard-Reyher, Gotha. Published by Justus Perthes, Gotha, 1880. Some maps produced at various dates between 1871 and 1879. Preface by Menke, 27 April 1871, followed by 40 pages of descriptive notes. Maps illustrate history of Europe and the Middle East from 476 to 1866.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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German
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1:15000000
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Engraved, coloured
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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 1.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3820572/
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