‘SKETCH MAP OF AFGHANISTAN’
IOR/L/PS/12/2001, f 490
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The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1935. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The map illustrates the expected operational range of Westland Wapiti aircraft over Afghanistan from projected bases at Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, and Farah. The radius of operation from each of these sites is shown through the use of different coloured crayon: red (Kabul), blue (Kandahar), green (Herat), and brown (Farah). The purpose of the map is to illustrate the prospective range of an Afghan Air Force equipped with British aircraft.
The scale of the map is 1 inch to 64 miles.
- Extent and format
- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- 1:4055000
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 37° 34' 45.84" N, 60° 16' 15.6" E
Top-right: 37° 34' 45.84" N, 75° 3' 30.96" E
Bottom-left: 30° 0' 43.2" N, 60° 16' 15.6" E
Bottom-right: 30° 0' 43.2" N, 75° 3' 30.96" E - It is part of
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- Physical characteristics
Material: Manuscript; ink and coloured crayon on paper
Dimensions: 202 x 330mm
- Written in
- English in Latin script
- Type
- Map
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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Unrestricted
- Archive reference
- IOR/L/PS/12/2001, f 490
- Date(s)
- 1935 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Westland Wapiti (Fighter plane)
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2001, f 490
- Title
- ‘SKETCH MAP OF AFGHANISTAN’
- Pages
- 490r:490v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence