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Ottoman Empire: Serbia. 'Map of Servia containing the districts existing at the time...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/838/1
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- MR 1/838/1
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Date (When the record was created)
- [1863]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ottoman Empire: Serbia. 'Map of Servia containing the districts existing at the time of the Treaty of Bucharest [1812] and which were taken from Servia in 1815 - made in year 1831': map of the area between Belgrade in the north and Novi Pazar in the south, and the River Drin in the west and Vidin (now in Bulgaria) in the east, showing towns, rivers and hachures. Scale: 1 inch to 10 versts. Traced from a Russian map. A note states: 'Signed by Captain of the Guard of the état major. Kotzbue 2nd copie conforme. Colonel Tutikov'. Originally enclosed in George Thorne Ricketts's [despatch] number 52, 28 September 1863. According to Ricketts's [despatch] number 35, 12 August 1863, which can also be found at FO 195/797, the Russian map was drawn by Kotzbue in his capacity as a member of a commission examining the 6 detached districts added by the Porte [i.e. the Ottoman Government] to Serbia in 1833; Ricketts also notes that the map shows Mali Zvornik as being within Serbia.
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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)
- 60 cm x 108 cm
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Map scale (The scale of a map, plan or drawing)
- 1:420076
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- MS, on tracing paper
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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 5015
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9265574/
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