Seat of war in Asia, map of Afghanistan : from surveys made by British and Russian officers up to 1875 / published in the Office of the Chief of Engineers ; for the information of the officers of the U.S. Army
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- Created Date
- 1878
- Description
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.Includes location map.
This 1878 map depicts Afghanistan and portions of Central Asia, Persia, and British India based on surveys carried out by British and Russian officers up to 1875. An inset map shows the wider Asian context and notes distances from London of the most important places. The year 1878 is significant in the history of Afghanistan in that it marked the beginning of the Second Anglo-Afghan War, launched by a British invasion on November 21, 1878. The pretext for military action was the refusal of the Afghan government to admit the British envoy, Sir Neville Chamberlain, who had been dispatched to Kabul by the orders of Lord Lytton, the governor-general of India. The Afghan ruler Sher Ali Khan (reigned 1863−66 and 1868−79) had already and with some reluctance admitted into Kabul a Russian delegation led by General Nikolai Grigorevich Stoletov. In the context of the political rivalry that existed between Russia and Great Britain over the control of Central Asia, this preference toward Russia wa
Grayscale
1:2,027,520. 1 in. = 32 stat. miles
- Creator
United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Collection
- American Geographical Society Library - Maps
American Geographical Society Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection - Publisher
- United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers
- Subjects
- Afghanistan--Maps
- Location
- Asia;
Afghanistan; - Type
- image
- Language
- English
- Rights
- https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
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- United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers. Seat of war in Asia, map of Afghanistan : from surveys made by British and Russian officers up to 1875 / published in the Office of the Chief of Engineers ; for the information of the officers of the U.S. Army. 1878. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/505. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers, (1878) Seat of war in Asia, map of Afghanistan : from surveys made by British and Russian officers up to 1875 / published in the Office of the Chief of Engineers ; for the information of the officers of the U.S. Army. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/505
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- United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/505>.