‘West-Persien, Oder Die Weslichen Stufenländer Des Iranischen Hochlandes’
IOR/X/2943/4
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1852. It was written in German. The original is part of the British Library: Map Collections.
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Title continues: ‘Zu C. Ritter’s Erdkunde, Buch III, West-Asien, Theil VIII, IX. Bearbeitet von H. Kiepert, herausgegeben von C. Ritter. Berlin, 1852 Verlag von Dietrich Reimer’.
Map of western portion of Persia showing various routes in the region including route traversed by James Justinian Morier in 1808; John Macdonald Kinneir’s expedition of 1813-14; and tour of Baron C. A. De Bode from Teheran through Ispahan and Persepolis to Shiraz. Borders outlined in colour.
In the bottom right-hand corner there is a table of reference listing Persian, Turkish and Arabic geographic terms with German equivalents and abbreviations.
Includes an inset A small map or other image enclosed within the margin of a larger map, map sheet, or larger image; or papers placed inside a book or archival volume. map entitled 'Schîraz, Persepolis und Umgegend'.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:3,000,000
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 40° 40' 9.48" N, 44° 14' 0.24" E
Top-right: 40° 40' 9.48" N, 54° 25' 30.72" E
Bottom-left: 27° 46' 58.08" N, 44° 14' 0.24" E
Bottom-right: 27° 46' 58.08" N, 54° 25' 30.72" E - It is part of
- 12 imagesRef: IOR/X/2943
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 464 x 354 mm, on sheet 482 x 474 mm
- Written in
- German in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- Original held at
- British Library: Map Collections
- Access conditions
Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/X/2943/4
- Former external reference(s)
- O.XIX.22 NO. 4
- Date(s)
- 1852 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Persia
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- IOR/X/2943/4
- Title
- ‘West-Persien, Oder Die Weslichen Stufenländer Des Iranischen Hochlandes’
- Pages
- 4r:4v
- Author
- Ritter, Carl
- Usage terms
- Public Domain