12 items extracted from FO 371/21868 (folios 275-286). Middle East: Palestine, Transjordan....

12 items extracted from FO 371/21868 (folios 275-286). Middle East: Palestine, Transjordan. 12 maps (of territory now in Israel, the Occupied Territories, Jordan and surrounding areas). (1) 'The Commission's Tours. Map No.2': covering the area between Tyre (Sour) and Aqaba, showing the route taken by the Palestine Partition Commissioners in May and June [1937]. Scale: 1:1,000,000. [By] Survey of Palestine, Jaffa (Yafo), 1938; [printed by] Ordnance Survey, 1938. (2) OR 924: 'Map of the Royal Commission's Partition Plan (reproduced from their report). Map No.3': covering the area between Haifa (Hefa) and Aqaba, showing international boundaries, railways and roads. Scale: 1 inch to 21.4 miles. [By] War Office, 1937; printed by Ordnance Survey 1938. (3) 'The Boundaries of Jaffa. Map No.4': showing municipal and proposed boundaries, with part of Tel-Aviv. Also shows streets, buildings and fields. Reference table. Scale: 1:20,000. [By] Survey of Palestine, Jaffa, 1935; [printed by] Ordnance Survey, 1938. (4) 'Jewish Land and Holdings. Map No.5': covering the area between Tyre and Beersheba (Be'er Sheva'). Reference note. Scale: 1:750,000. [By] Survey of Palestine, Jaffa, 1935; [printed by] Ordnance Survey, 1938. Inset: 'Southern Palestine': a continuation southward to Aqaba. (5) 'Map No.6. Trans-Jordan': showing wells, an area of fiscal survey, the cultivated zone and shera. Reference table. Scale: 1:1,000,000. Printed by Ordnance Survey 1938. Inset: 'Transjordan showing cultivated and desert zones'; reference table. (6-10) Copies of item 4, each overprinted, coloured, to show a different proposal for the boundaries of Arab states, Jewish states and mandated territory: (6) 'Map illustrating Jewish proposals examined in chapters IX and XII. Map No.7'; (7) 'The A Plan of Partition. Map No.8'; (8) 'The A Plan of Partition. Map No.9'; (9) 'The B Plan: shewing Jewish land. Map No.9A'; (10) 'The A Plan of Partition. Map No.10'. (11) 'Map illustrating Jewish Proposals for Jerusalem. Map No.11'. Scale: 1:20,000. [By] Survey of Palestine, Jaffa, 1937; [printed by] Ordnance Survey, 1938. (12) 'Proposed Boundary Between Jaffa and Tel Aviv. Map No.12': also showing the municipal boundary, a proposed road, and open spaces. Reference table. Scale: 1:2,500. [By] Survey of Palestine, Jaffa, 1938; [printed by] Ordnance Survey, 1938.

Dimensions between 83 cm x 63 cm and 29.5 cm x 24.5 cm. Originally part of the report of the Palestine Partition Commission, Chairman Sir John Woodhead, October 1938.

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