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Jran, Turan, Persien, Afghanistan, Beludschistan, Turkestan, Carl Christian Franz Radefeld, Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig Dec 1845

Jran, Turan, Persien, Afghanistan, Beludschistan, Turkestan, Carl Christian Franz Radefeld, Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig

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Hildburghausen : Bibliographisches Jnstituts zu Hildburghausen, 1846.

Scale [ca. 1:9,500,000], (E 43°20ʹ--E 78°20ʹ/N 47°00ʹ--N 23°00ʹ).

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.

Prime meridian: Ferro.

"Meyer's-Handatlas No. 100."

University of Nebraska Omaha Notes: Detailed map of the region extending from the Persian Gulf and Caucasia to Tartaria, centered on Iran, Afganistan, Irak, Kurdistan, etc.


"City And Fortress Of Cabul" Watercolor And Ink Drawing, 1846, W. L. Walton Dec 1845

"City And Fortress Of Cabul" Watercolor And Ink Drawing, 1846, W. L. Walton

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A circa 1845 ink and watercolor drawing on paper for the lithograph plate "City and Fortress of Cabul" in Sir Robert Sale's "The Defence of Jellalabad" (London, lith. By W.L. Walton, ca. 1846). The view shows Afghani soldiers camping under the massive walls of the ancient Bala Hissar fortress, with Kabul city and River in the background. The soldiers are having a rest, talking leisurely at a camp fire, with a camel laying nearby and two soldiers on guard looking over the approaches to the Kabul River. The drawing is heightened in white and approximately 28x38.5 cm / 11x15 inches …


A Peep Into Toorkisthān, Rollo Gillespie Burslem Dec 1845

A Peep Into Toorkisthān, Rollo Gillespie Burslem

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It is a record of a few weeks snatched from a soldier's life in Afghanistan.