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Ethnolinguistic Groups In Afghanistan, United States, Central Intelligence Agency Jan 1992

Ethnolinguistic Groups In Afghanistan, United States, Central Intelligence Agency

Documents and Reports

Scale [ca. 1:9,000,000], (E 60°--E 75°/N 40°--N 29°).

Notes:
"724842 (R00434) 4-92."
Shipping list no.: 1992-0310-P.

University of Nebraska Omaha Notes:
[Shipping list no.: 1992-0310-P.].
Includes pie chart showing ethnolinguistic groups as percentage of total population.


Kabul, United States, Central Intelligence Agency Jan 1980

Kabul, United States, Central Intelligence Agency

Documents and Reports

Cartographic Mathematical Data:
Scale ca. 1:50,000.

Notes:
Title from title screen (viewed Jan. 16, 2004).
"504523 6-80."
Also available in paper.


City Of Kabul, Afghanistan, Afghan Tourist Organization Jan 1974

City Of Kabul, Afghanistan, Afghan Tourist Organization

Documents and Reports

Kabul : Afghan Tourist Organization, [between 1969 and 1979]

Physical Description: 1 map ; 42 x 50 cm, folded to 21 x 13 cm

Scale 1:20,000.

Photos by J. Cudnay.


Afghanistan : Minor Civil Divisions, Afghanistan IdāRah-I Markaz-I IḥṢĀʼĪYah PurūZhih-I MuṭĀLaʻĀT-I DīMūGrāFī, A Ashraf, Thomas H. Eighmy, D M. Hayat, F Rahim, O Faryad, M Neyaz Jan 1973

Afghanistan : Minor Civil Divisions, Afghanistan IdāRah-I Markaz-I IḥṢĀʼĪYah PurūZhih-I MuṭĀLaʻĀT-I DīMūGrāFī, A Ashraf, Thomas H. Eighmy, D M. Hayat, F Rahim, O Faryad, M Neyaz

Documents and Reports

Publication: [Afghanistan] : [Afghan Demographic Studies], 1973.

Physical Description: 1 map ; 104 x 112 cm

Language: Persian

Cartographic Mathematical Data: Scale 1:1,000,000.


Kabul Industrial Map, . Jan 1972

Kabul Industrial Map, .

Documents and Reports

Publication: [Kābol] : Ministry of Mines & Industries, [1972]

Physical Description: 1 map : photocopy ; 57 x 116 cm

Cartographic Mathematical Data: Scale 1:25,000.

Notes: "Date: September 1971."

Indexes: Industrial enterprises under the foreign investment law and the law encouraging industries / Ministry of Mines & Industries -- Private enterprises approved under the foreign and domestic private investment law of 1967 / Investment Committee of Afghanistan.


A Street Map; City Plan Of Kabul, Afghanistan, . Jan 1971

A Street Map; City Plan Of Kabul, Afghanistan, .

Documents and Reports

Publication: [Kabul?] [1971?]

Physical Description: 1 map 52 x 51 cm

Scale note for Graphical Material: Scale 1:20,000.

Notes: Relief shown by contours.

University of Nebraska Omaha Notes: Photocopy.


Kabul, Da AfghāNistāN KāRtūGrāFī MuʼAssasah Apr 1967

Kabul, Da AfghāNistāN KāRtūGrāFī MuʼAssasah

Documents and Reports

Map.

Cartographic Mathematical Data: Scale 1:20,000.

Notes: "April 1967."

Relief shown by contour lines and spot heights.

Includes key to ministries, embassies, consulates, legations, hotels, restaurants, cafes, and points of interest.


Map Of Kabul, Sahab Geographic And Drafting Institute Jan 1966

Map Of Kabul, Sahab Geographic And Drafting Institute

Documents and Reports

Sahab Geographic and Drafting Institute, Tehran (1966?).

Scale 1:17,400.

In English and Arabic.

Map No.90


Report On Survey Of Land And Water Resources: Afghanistan, V.1-V.4, Maps, Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations, United Nations Special Fund Jan 1965

Report On Survey Of Land And Water Resources: Afghanistan, V.1-V.4, Maps, Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations, United Nations Special Fund

Documents and Reports

Report on survey of land and water resources: Afghanistan.

  • v. 1. General report.--v. 2. Geology.--v. 3. Hydrology.--v. 4. Soils.--v. 5. Water control.--v. 6. Irrigation development--Hari Rud and Kabul Basins.

A survey executed by FAO, under the sponsorship of the United Nations Special Fund, at the request of the Royal Government of Afghanistan.


KāBul, United States, Army Map Service Jan 1947

KāBul, United States, Army Map Service

Documents and Reports

Map.

Publication: [Washington, D.C.] : [The Service], 1947.

Edition: 4th ed. - AMS 3.

Physical Description: 1 map : color ; 47 x 59 cm.

More Author / Title Information: compiled and drawn by the Survey of India ; printed by the Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers.

Cartographic Mathematical Data: Scale 1:1,000,000.

Notes: Fourth Edition - AMS 3.

A.M.S. 1301 (G.S.G.S. 2555).

Fourth Survey of India Edition, 1945-AMS 3, 1947.

"Heights in metres and feet."

Relief indicated by hachures and spot heights.

Shows boundaries, highways and roads, railways, rivers and water features and other details.

"British Crown copyright reserved." …


Afghanistan, Iran : Farah & Herat Provinces, Survey Of India, United States Jan 1941

Afghanistan, Iran : Farah & Herat Provinces, Survey Of India, United States

Documents and Reports

Notes:
"Provisional GSGS 3919 (Survey of India)."
"Survey of India Interim edition, 1941-AMS 1, 1945."
"Reproduced under the direction of the Chief of Engineers by the Army Map Service, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., 1945 ..."

University of Nebraska Omaha Notes:
"Reproduced under the direction of the Chief of Engineers by the Army Map Service, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., 1945,..."


Map Showing The Position Of The Pathan Tribes, . Apr 1910

Map Showing The Position Of The Pathan Tribes, .

Documents and Reports

Scale l : 24 miles.

Accompanies C.M. Enriquez, The Pathan borderland.


"Caubul" Watercolor Painting, 1870, . Dec 1869

"Caubul" Watercolor Painting, 1870, .

Documents and Reports

A circa 1870 unsigned watercolor view of Kabul, Afghanistan with the Hindu Kush Mountains in the background. The title on the verso is "Caubul." The watercolor on paper is approximately 16x21.5 cm / 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches.

Notes> Physical Description Field: The 1870 watercolor of Kabul was attached to a recent matte with an unidentified tape when received. The watercolor was removed from its accompanying matte when it was accessioned.

Notes>Dimensions: 16x21.5 cm / 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches.


Map Of Persia, Turkey In Asia, Afghanistan, Beloochistan, S. Augustus Mitchell Dec 1859

Map Of Persia, Turkey In Asia, Afghanistan, Beloochistan, S. Augustus Mitchell

Documents and Reports

Scale [ca. 1:13,600,000], (E 25°--E 75°/N 45°00--N 20°00).

Notes: Relief shown by hachures.

Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.

"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1860 by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. in the clerk's office of the district court of the U.S. for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."

Inset map: Palestine or the Holy Land. Scale [ca. 1:4,200,000].

Page 70 from a Mitchell atlas, perhaps Mitchell's new general atlas of 1860.

University of Nebraska Omaha Notes: Shows towns, tribes, roads, rivers, mountains, lakes, etc.


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

Documents and Reports

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

Documents and Reports

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 …


Persia Arabia Tartary & Afghanistan, T. G. Bradford, J. H. Young Dec 1827

Persia Arabia Tartary & Afghanistan, T. G. Bradford, J. H. Young

Documents and Reports

Publication: [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania?] : [John Grigg?], [1828?]

Physical Description:1 map : hand colored ; 25 x 21 cm, on sheet 29 x 24 cm

Cartographic Mathematical Data: Scale approximately 1:20,000,000, (E 32°19ʹ00ʺ--E 73°02ʹ00ʺ/N 51°56ʹ00ʺ--N 9°47ʹ00ʺ).

Notes: Shows Persia and covers from Suez east to the Gulf of Cambay and India and from Siberia south to the Gulf of Aden. Includes modern day nations of Saudia Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan along with parts of Pakistan and Kazakhstan. Noted are Ruins of Persepolis and the Ruins of Babylon. Also included are some towns, rivers, mountains, islands and various …


Persia, John Speed, Pieter Van Den Keere Jan 1676

Persia, John Speed, Pieter Van Den Keere

Documents and Reports

Publication: [London] : [printed for Tho. Basset at the George in Fleet-street, and Ric. Chiswel at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard], [1676]

Physical Description: 1 map ; 9 x 12 cm on sheet 10 x 16 cm

More Author / Title Information: P. Kærius cælavit.

Cartographic Mathematical Data: Scale shown as ratio to "German Com Myll" (i.e. German common mile), a measure which varied across different times and regions. The conversion to modern miles is undetermined. Approximately 1.7 cm represents 100 German common miles.

Notes: Engraved by Pieter Van Den Keere.

Leaf may have been separated from …


Asia, Jodocus Hondius, Pieter Van Den Keere Dec 1629

Asia, Jodocus Hondius, Pieter Van Den Keere

Documents and Reports

[Amsterdam?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1630 and 1636?]

Physical Description: 1 map : color ; 26 x 19 cm

Notes: Hand-colored.

Relief shown pictorially.

Text in Latin.

Identified by cataloger as possibly being the miniature version of the map of Asia by Jodocus Hondius, engraved by Pieter Van Den Keere, as it appeared in Johannes Cloppenburg's edition of Gerhard Mercator's Atlas Minor, engraved in a slightly larger format than the standard Dutch pocket atlases of the time. This version of the map was first published in 1630 and appearing in editions until 1636, then not appearing in print again …


Tabvla Asiae Vii, Giovanni Antonion Magini, Ptolemy Dec 1595

Tabvla Asiae Vii, Giovanni Antonion Magini, Ptolemy

Documents and Reports

Publication: [Agrippinensium Colonia?] : [Excudebat Petrus Keschedt?], [1597?]

Physical Description: 1 map ; 14 x 18 cm, on sheet 17 x 23 cm

Language: Latin

Cartographic Mathematical Data: Scale not given, (E 49°35ʹ--E 82°05ʹ/N 43°33ʹ--N 26°01ʹ).

Notes: Ptolemaic map covering central Asia, including the Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.

Relief shown pictorially.

Uncolored.

Copper-plate map.

Verso is page 22 of an unidentified text in Latin, with heading: Asiae Tabvla VI.

Taken from an early edition of Giovanni Antonio Magini's Ptolemy's Geographia, tentatively identified as: Ptolemy. Geographiae vniuersae tum veteris, tum nouae abolutissimum opus, duobus voluminibus districtum. …