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Ottoman Empire: Bulgaria. 1 map, 1 plan and 2 views of Shumla (now Shumen). (46)...

Catalogue reference: MPK 1/485/46-49

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MPK 1/485/46-49
Date
1877
Description

Ottoman Empire: Bulgaria. 1 map, 1 plan and 2 views of Shumla (now Shumen). (46) 'Rough sketch of Shumla': showing the town and its environs, with rivers, contour lines, place names and roads; scale: 1 inch to 1 mile [1:63,360]. (47) 'Rough Sketch of Fort Besh Tépé or Fort of the Five Hills': plan; scale: 2 inches to 100 feet [1:600]. (48) 'View from the old field work over Tchengel-Tabia looking N.'. (49) 'The Balkans': view [of Shumla]. All items lithographed at the Intelligence Branch, Quartermaster General's Department, 1877. MS additions, coloured, to item 1, showing additional information up to 27 April 1877. Item 1 signed: Lieutenant W A H Hare, Royal Engineers, 10 March 1877. Sheet sizes between: 39 cm x 44 cm and 21 cm x 39 cm. All items produced for a report on the town by Lieutenant Hare.

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The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical condition
Lithographed
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entries 789 (item 46) and 790 (items 47-49).
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C8971406/

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