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Map Map of the Turco-Persian frontier : made by Russian and English officers in the years from 1849 to 1855 on the scale of 1:73,050 and reduced to the scale of 1:253,440 or 4 English miles to 1 inch

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Title

  • Map of the Turco-Persian frontier : made by Russian and English officers in the years from 1849 to 1855 on the scale of 1:73,050 and reduced to the scale of 1:253,440 or 4 English miles to 1 inch

Names

  • Great Britain. Ordnance Survey.
  • James, H., 1803-1877.

Created / Published

  • Southampton : Ordnance Survey Office, 1912.

Headings

  • -  Turkey--Boundaries--Iran--Maps
  • -  Iran--Boundaries--Turkey--Maps
  • -  Borderlands--Turkey--Maps
  • -  Borderlands--Iran--Maps
  • -  Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire--1288-1918--Maps
  • -  Turkey
  • -  Iran

Genre

  • Topographic maps

Notes

  • -  Covers the international frontier zone; exact position of the boundary not shown.
  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  Vegetation, agriculture, and other land-use shown by area tints.
  • -  Title from sheet 1.
  • -  In lower margin of some sheets: Drawn on the Rectangular Tangential Projection of the Sphere and photographed at the Ordnance Survey Office Southampton 1873. Major General Sir Henry James R.E. F.R.S. &c., Director."
  • -  Signature handwritten in ink at foot of title on sheet 1: Henry James, M. General.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Back cover of portfolio and tie-ribbons missing.
  • -  Accompanied by paperboard portfolio cover with handwritten adhesive title label affixed: Map of the Turco-Persian Frontier (in 9 sheets) made by Russian & English officers 1849-1855.
  • -  Includes "Index to sheets" diagram on sheet 1.
  • -  Sheets numbered: Sheet 1 [thru] Sheet 8. No sheet no. printed on sheets 7 (half-size sheet) and 9 (one-third-size sheet).
  • -  Acquisitions control no.: 5-2009

Medium

  • 1 map on 9 sheets : col., mounted on cloth backing ; 438 x 232 cm., sheets 102 x 72 cm. or smaller, folded in portfolio 54 x 38 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G7431.F2 1855 .G7

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540 to 4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2010588075

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Great Britain. Ordnance Survey, and H James. Map of the Turco-Persian frontier: made by Russian and English officers in the years fromto 1855 on the scale of 1:73,050 and reduced to the scale of 1:253,440 or 4 English miles to 1 inch. Southampton: Ordnance Survey Office, 1849. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010588075/.

APA citation style:

Great Britain. Ordnance Survey & James, H. (1849) Map of the Turco-Persian frontier: made by Russian and English officers in the years fromto 1855 on the scale of 1:73,050 and reduced to the scale of 1:253,440 or 4 English miles to 1 inch. Southampton: Ordnance Survey Office. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010588075/.

MLA citation style:

Great Britain. Ordnance Survey, and H James. Map of the Turco-Persian frontier: made by Russian and English officers in the years fromto 1855 on the scale of 1:73,050 and reduced to the scale of 1:253,440 or 4 English miles to 1 inch. Southampton: Ordnance Survey Office, 1849. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2010588075/>.