'MAP No. 2. to illustrate fighting near Qurna.' [219v] (2/2)
The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in Jun 1922. 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 accompanies The Campaign in Mesopotamia 1914-1918. Volume I , and shows a region around Qurna [Al Qurnah] in south-eastern Iraq, indicating military operations, settlements, hills and vegetation. Rivers and marshes are printed in blue.
Prepared in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, and printed at the Ordnance Survey in June 1922.
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- 1 map
- Area map covers
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- Scale
- Scale approximately 1:150,000
- Scale designator
- Horizontal
- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 31° 11' 33.72" N, 47° 18' 45" E
Top-right: 31° 11' 33.72" N, 47° 32' 48.48" E
Bottom-left: 30° 57' 39.6" N, 47° 18' 45" E
Bottom-right: 30° 57' 39.6" N, 47° 32' 48.48" E - Physical characteristics
Materials: Printed on paper
Dimensions: 168 x 150mm, on sheet 255 x 200mm
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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/15/66/1, f 219
- Title
- 'MAP No. 2. to illustrate fighting near Qurna.'
- Pages
- 219r:219v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence