Boukhara: Bukhara, Samarkand & Central Asia—annotated French military map 1901
£380
SKU: P-8-007032
'Boukhara. Asie 1 000 000e. Flle 40°N. 66°E.'
A French military survey of Bukhara, Samarkand and the surrounding Central Asian territories, extending across much of present-day Uzbekistan and adjoining Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and northern Afghanistan. Published at 1:1,000,000 in November 1901, it combines dense relief, rivers, settlements, roads and the expanding Russian railway network. Its exceptional feature is a set of apparently contemporary manuscript routes and notes in blue and black. These identify Samarkand, Rostovtsevo station and an approximately 85-kilometre ‘chemin de fer aérien’—an aerial cableway rather than an air route—associated with coal mining. A British intelligence summary compiled in 1908 describes the Rostovtsevo–Suok Bulok aerial cableway as 54 miles (86.9 km) long and under construction in 1907 to transport coal from Suok Bulok. The close agreement supports a c.1907–08 date for the annotations, which transform the printed army sheet into a distinctive working map of transport, mining and Russian imperial development in Central Asia.
Size 55 x 72 cm | 21.5 x 28.0 inches
Date Published: November 1901
Type: Colour héliogravure military topographic map with manuscript annotations
Author: Service géographique de l'Armée
Publication: Service géographique de l'Armée
Condition: Good |
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