'Section of Route from Diarbekir to Sivas and Sivas to Sinope by Aneroid readings', c1915. Creator: Stanford's Geographical Establishment.

'Section of Route from Diarbekir to Sivas and Sivas to Sinope by Aneroid readings', c1915.  Creator: Stanford's Geographical Establishment.

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'Section of Route from Diarbekir to Sivas and Sivas to Sinope by Aneroid readings', c1915. Map showing the journeys, with altitude above sea level, of British writer, soldier and diplomatic advisor Mark Sykes in Turkey (at that time part of the Ottoman Empire), between 1905 and 1913. Sykes (1879-1919) travelled through Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Persia and Turkey, was honorary attaché to the British Embassy in Constantinople 1905-1906, was elected to parliament, worked in the Intelligence department of the War Office during the First World War, and died of the Spanish flu aged 39. From "The Caliphs' Last Heritage, a short history of the Turkish Empire" by Lt.-Col. Sir Mark Sykes. [Macmillan & Co, London, 1915]


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Creator
  1. Stanford's Geographical Establishment, attributed to: British: Mapmaker, mapmakers, cartographer, cartographers
People Related
  1. Mark Sykes: British: Author, writer, soldier, traveller, politician, diplomatic advisor
  2. Macmillan Publishers: British: Publisher

Picture Type
  1. Map

Geographic Hierarchy

World Asia Turkey Asia Minor

  1. 39 00 00 N , 035 00 00 E

Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Transport & Travel

Science & Nature Geographical Features

Artistic Representations Maps

History & Politics Other

Science & Nature Discovery & Exploration


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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5310x3125
File Size : 48,615kb


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  1. 2N
  1. 0580066865
  1. 2-751-889
  1. 2751889

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