'MAP OF EASTERN TURKEY IN ASIA, SYRIA AND WESTERN PERSIA'
Date:
1917/1917
Description:
The map shows the Middle East from the head of the Persian Gulf, to the eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, indicating relief, hydrology and settlement. The map has been amended in different colours to indicate French (blue) and British (red) spheres of influence, and an International Sphere (light brown). Letters are used to indicate independent Arab states in the French (A) and British (B) spheres of influence. This is explained in the key to the map.Handwritten on the back of the map in blue crayon is 'Sir A Hirtzel' and G62 within a blue circle.1 mapDimensions: 690mm x 730mmMaterials: Printed in colour on paper.