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1 item (enclosure in Paul Cambon's letter to Sir Edward Grey, 9 May 1916) extracted...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/426
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This record is about the 1 item (enclosure in Paul Cambon's letter to Sir Edward Grey, 9 May 1916) extracted... dating from 1910-1916 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 1/426
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1910-1916
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item (enclosure in Paul Cambon's letter to Sir Edward Grey, 9 May 1916) extracted from FO 371/2777 (folio 398). Middle East. 'Map of Eastern Turkey in Asia, Syria and Western Persia': showing mountains, defiles, rivers, lakes, swamps, seas, wadis, ancient canals (dry), the Jordan Depression, towns, villages, castles, bridges, principal routes, railways, telegraph lines, and boundaries, including the approximate boundary between Persian and Turkish territory; (covering territory now chiefly in Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey). Reference tables; list of place name elements. Conical projection with standard parallels at approximately 32° and 40°[E]. Published by the Royal Geographical Society, 1910; railways added to November 1915. MS additions, coloured, showing proposed administration, including British and French spheres of influence, independent Arab States, and the 'Sykes-Picot Line'. Signed: Sir Mark Sykes and Fr[ançois] Georges-Picot, 8 May 1916. Mr Cambon's letter was subsequently printed as Foreign Office Secret Series (88317) of 10 May [1916].
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Map designation (Identifying numbers or names given to printed maps by their publishers)
- GSGS 2901
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 71 cm x 74 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:2000000
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from records of the Foreign Office
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