Sujet

'Neri to Akra', c1915. Creator: Stanford's Geographical Establishment.

Légende

'Neri to Akra', c1915. Map showing the journey of British writer, soldier and diplomatic advisor Mark Sykes in Turkey, (at that time part of the Ottoman Empire). Features shown include castles, ruins, fountains, swamps and caravan routes. Sykes (1879-1919) travelled through Palestine, Iraq, Syria, Persia and Turkey between 1905 and 1913, was honorary attaché to the British Embassy in Constantinople 1905-1906, was elected to parliament, worked in the Intelligence department of the War Office during the First World War, and died of the Spanish flu aged 39. From "The Caliphs' Last Heritage, a short history of the Turkish Empire" by Lt.-Col. Sir Mark Sykes. [Macmillan & Co, London, 1915]

Date

1915

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F27_055

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

47,5Mo (1,2Mo) / 33,7cm x 35,3cm / 3985 x 4170 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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