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Europe: (1) 'Übersichts-Blatt für die General-Karte von Central-Europa ...': index...
Catalogue reference: FO 925/4218
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- FO 925/4218
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1873-1876
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Description (What the record is about)
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Europe: (1) 'Übersichts-Blatt für die General-Karte von Central-Europa ...': index map to Austrian Staff Map sheets, and 7 sheets of the edition photographed by the War Department. Shows Europe between Barcelona and Smolensk, but the sheets indicated all lie east of Turin. Scale: 1:8,500,000. Dimensions: 34 cm x 28 cm. (2-35) Sheets of the Austrian Staff Map. Scale: 1:300,000. Dimensions: 34 sheets, each 51 cm x 49 cm. (36-60) 'General Karte von Bosnien, der Hercegovina, von Serbien und Montenegro ... entworfen und ausgefuhrt im K.K. Militärisch-Geografischen Institute 1876'. Provisional edition. Reference table, key map, key to place name elements. Scale: 1:300,000. Dimensions: 25 sheets, each 52 cm x 46 cm. (60-67) Sheets of the Austrian Staff Map as photographed by the War Department. The originals had been copper-heliographed. Scale: 1:300,000. Eight sheets, each 51.5 cm x 45.5 cm. Edition of 1873-1874. Detailed descriptions are given at item level.
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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)
- German
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- (1) Printed, with blue crayon additions; (2-35) Copper-heliographed; (36-60) Printed, coloured; (60-67) copper-heliographed
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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 60.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3820574/
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Foreign Office: Library: Maps and Plans
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