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Ottoman Empire: Batum or Batoum (now Bat'umi in Georgia). 4 sheets relating to the...
Catalogue reference: MPK 1/485/42-45
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This record is about the Ottoman Empire: Batum or Batoum (now Bat'umi in Georgia). 4 sheets relating to the... dating from 1877 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 1/485/42-45
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1877
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ottoman Empire: Batum or Batoum (now Bat'umi in Georgia). 4 sheets relating to the defence of the city [by Turkey against Russia]. (42) 'Sketch of the Harbour and Defences of Batoum': map showing soundings, terrain, contour lines, a telegraph line and fortifications. Scale: 1:10,560. Compass indicator. (43) 'Sketch of the Position of Souruhisir. About 9 Miles N.W. of Batoum': map showing terrain, contours, rivers and Turkish earthworks. Scale: 1:21,120. Compass indicator. (44) Plans of batteries II and III. Scale: (II) 6 inches to 376 yards [1:2256]; (III) 3.5 inches to 210 yards [1:2160]. (45) Plan and section of battery I. Reference table of armaments at 2 February 1877. Scale: 1:1,800. Compass indicator. All items lithographed at the Intelligence Branch, Quartermaster General's Department, April 1877. Insets to item 43: diagram of Souruhisir castle; [printed] sketches of [Turkish] works, showing proposed gun positions, in the margins. All items signed: Captain T A Fraser, Royal Engineers, February 1877. Dimensions: (42) 50 cm x 59 cm; (43) 41 cm x 24 cm, on sheet 41 cm x 43 cm; (44) 29 cm x 27.5 cm; (45) 29 cm x 35 cm. Produced for Captain Fraser's report on Batum harbour and defences, February 1877.
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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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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Lithographed
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- 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), entries 1513 (item 42), 1514 (items 44-45), 1522 (item 43).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8971405/
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