‘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
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

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Date(s)
1852 (CE, Gregorian)
Places
Persia

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‘West-Persien, Oder Die Weslichen Stufenländer Des Iranischen Hochlandes’, British Library: Map Collections, IOR/X/2943/4, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023721453.0x000002> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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