FIVE EARLY LITHOGRAPHED MAPS, ROYAL FLYING CORPS, 1917-1919

[Baqubah – Marut Post]. Sketch map T.C. 91(B), 22-11-1918, (460 x 560mm.), scale 1 inch to 1 mile, compiled from 3-inch-scale T.C. maps and half-inch and 1-inch surveys up to Sept. 1918, supplemented by Willcocks’ Irrigation Map, [shows Diyalah River from Baqubah and Buhriz in the north to Shag’hurah in the south], cloth-backedBaqubah. T.C.130, 24-9-1917, (530 x 460mm.), scale 3 inches to 1 mile, compiled and surveyed by Survey Party MEF up to August 1917, based on triangulation, cloth-backedBuhriz. T.C.132, 25-9-1917, (460 x 460mm.), scale 3 inches to 1 mile, compiled and surveyed by Survey Party MEF up to August 1917, based on triangulation, cloth-backed, manuscript notes in red ink[Kifl: Area East of Karbala–Najaf road]. T.C.215, 10-6-1918, (460 x 560mm.), scale 1 inch to 1 mile, compiled from surveys of Survey Party MEF up to May 1918, additional manuscript line in red inkRough Compilation of T.C. 236. [1919], (625 x 503mm.), scale 1 inch to 4 miles, compiled from half-inch and 1-inch surveys of Survey Party MEF up to June 1919, cloth-backed; minor wear and staining

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