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1 item (enclosure to despatch of 24 May 1878 from C. Dickson, General and Military...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/2
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure to despatch of 24 May 1878 from C. Dickson, General and Military... dating from 1878 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- MPK 1/2
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1878
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure to despatch of 24 May 1878 from C. Dickson, General and Military Attaché) extracted from FO 78/2789. Turkey: 'Sketch map shewing approximate positions of Russian's and Turk's near Constantinople'. Also shows rivers, towns, roads, disposition of forces. Reference table. 6 inches to 10 miles. Compass indicator. Drawn by Herbert Chermside, Lt RE, 22 May 1878, according to whom 'This Sketch Map has been very hastily compiled (2½ Days) from several maps of different scales.' Annotated: 'On the 23rd the Russian occupied Agachly, and Ghima Khan the latter with 5000 men. This information arrived too late to be put on to the Map.'
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a lithographed version of this map, see MPK 1/482/11 MFQ 1/870
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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)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 48 cm x 77 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:105600
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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 4655.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3980023/
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