| Description | Bundle of printed maps maps of Turkey and the Middle East, some with annotations:
Annotated maps:
1. Left half of Sheet VIII of map of Asia Minor, appr. 30x65 cm., coloured map on tracing paper, mounted on cartridge paper and with proofing marks in blue pencil, marked in blue pencil "Asia Minor VIII (3)"
2. Sheet from H. Kiepert's New General Map of the Asiatic Provinces of the Ottoman Empire (in French) 1884, scale 1:1,500,000, appr. 62x56 cm, showing parts of Syria. The western area near the coast is heavily annotated with numbers in red pen.
3. Photographic copy of Naval Staff map of part of Asia Minor, with a few annotations. Paper, appr. 55x92 cm, torn and frasgile; in 2 pieces. [A - B]
Without annotations:
4. Map showing the administrative divisions of Turkey in Asia: "Aperçu genéral de la division administrative des provinces Asiatiques de l'Empire Ottoman" following the reorganisation of AH 1300/AD 1883-84, by H. Kiepert, published Berlin 1884. Coloured map on paper, appr. 61x51 cm. [Another copy in MS 3286/8/6]
5. Three sheets of a French map showing provinces of the Ottoman Empire (Parts of Libya and Egypt, Iraq, and coast of the Caspian Sea). Coloured map on paper, late 19th century, sheets appr. 60x56 cm. [A - C]
6. Two sheets from The Times Atlas, plates 36 (Turkey West) and 37(Dardanelles, Bosporus, Turkey East), scale 1:2,000,000, coloured maps on paper, appr. 63x51cm, undated (mid 20th century) [A - B] |