Part of central Asia showing the territory between Zarafshan and Amu-Daria Rivers chiefly compiled from the latest Russian documents to illustrate Mr. Delmar Morgan’s paper / H. Sharbau, R.G.S., del. Part of Central Asia, Showing the Territory Between Zarafshan and Amu Darya Rivers, Chiefly Compiled from the Latest Russian Documents to Illustrate Mr. Delmar Morgan’s Paper
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- 1884
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Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Includes glossary of terms. "Supplementary Papers, Royal Geographical Society, 1884."
The map depicts parts of northern Afghanistan and the protectorate of Bukhara (corresponding to portions of modern-day Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan). It was meant to accompany an article written by Edward Delmar Morgan (1840–1909) as a supplementary paper published by the Royal Geographical Society. Entitled “Notes on the Recent Geography of Central Asia from Russian Sources,” the paper was published in 1884. Morgan was an English explorer and author. As a young man, he lived in Saint Petersburg, where his father was a merchant, and he was fluent in Russian. He translated several notable texts dealing with travel and exploration from Russian to English. Morgan was also a longtime fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, who served on its council and contributed to its journal. The map was drawn by Henry Sharbau (1822−1904), for many years the chief cartographer of the Royal Geographical Society, and lithographed by Edward Weller (1819−84), a London-based cartographer and eng
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1:880,000 1 in. = 13.8 miles. (E 065 45' 0"--E 072 30' 00"/N 40 00' 00"--N 36 30' 00")
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Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
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- 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
- Royal Geographical Society (London)
- Subjects
- Asia, Central -- Maps
- Location
- Asia;
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- image
- Language
- English
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- https://uwm.edu/libraries/digital-collections/copyright-digcoll/
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- Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). Part of central Asia showing the territory between Zarafshan and Amu-Daria Rivers chiefly compiled from the latest Russian documents to illustrate Mr. Delmar Morgan’s paper / H. Sharbau, R.G.S., del. Part of Central Asia, Showing the Territory Between Zarafshan and Amu Darya Rivers, Chiefly Compiled from the Latest Russian Documents to Illustrate Mr. Delmar Morgan’s Paper. 1884. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/300. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), (1884) Part of central Asia showing the territory between Zarafshan and Amu-Daria Rivers chiefly compiled from the latest Russian documents to illustrate Mr. Delmar Morgan’s paper / H. Sharbau, R.G.S., del. Part of Central Asia, Showing the Territory Between Zarafshan and Amu Darya Rivers, Chiefly Compiled from the Latest Russian Documents to Illustrate Mr. Delmar Morgan’s Paper. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/300
- MLA citation style
- Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/agdm/id/300>.