Map Afghanistan and Its Neighboring Countries. Afghanistan und seine Nachbarländer

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Title
Afghanistan and Its Neighboring Countries.
Other Title
Afghanistan und seine Nachbarländer
Summary
This map of Afghanistan and its neighbors was printed in multiple editions by the publishing house of Carl Flemming in Glogau, Germany (present-day Głogów, Poland). The areas covered by the map were the site of an intense rivalry between Great Britain and Imperial Russia during the course of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The borders of Afghanistan changed repeatedly during the latter part of the 19th century: the border between Baluchistan and Afghanistan was redrawn with the establishment of the Durand Line in 1893, and the borders between Afghanistan and Russian Turkestan to the north and with Persia to the west changed as well. The issuing of new editions of this map would have been complicated by these shifting boundaries. An 1890 printing of the map credits the German cartographer Friedrich Handtke (1815-79) with the original design. The map was published as number 44 of the Generalkarte (general maps) published by the Carl Flemming firm. Its designation "general" distinguishes this map from those used for educational purposes, as well as from those that were used for specialized scientific purposes.
Contributor Names
Carl Flemming (Firm) Creator.
Handtke, F. (Friedrich), 1815-1879 Contributor.
Created / Published
Głogów, Poland : Carl Flemming, 1914.
Subject Headings
-  Afghanistan
-  Iran, Islamic Republic of
-  Pakistan
-  Tajikistan
-  Turkmenistan
-  Uzbekistan
-  1914
-  Library of Congress Afghanistan Project
Notes
-  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
-  "Scale 1:3,000,000"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
-  Original resource extent: 1 map : color ; 71 x 82 centimeters.
-  Original resource at: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
-  Content in German.
-  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
1 online resource.
Source Collection
American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection
Digital Id
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.15021
Library of Congress Control Number
2021668597
Online Format
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Carl Flemming Creator, and F Handtke. Afghanistan and Its Neighboring Countries. Głogów, Poland: Carl Flemming, 1914. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668597/.

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Carl Flemming Creator & Handtke, F. (1914) Afghanistan and Its Neighboring Countries. Głogów, Poland: Carl Flemming. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668597/.

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Carl Flemming Creator, and F Handtke. Afghanistan and Its Neighboring Countries. Głogów, Poland: Carl Flemming, 1914. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668597/>.

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