Spycraft (4 risultati)
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Altre immagini[Turkestan with the adjoining portions of the British and Russian territories.]
1869 Survey of India Map of Central Asia w/ Manuscript Spycraft
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Da: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
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Aggiungi al carrelloVery good. Photozincograph print on four sheets, dissected and mounted on linen for folding, with marbled end paper. Contemporary wash and outline color, manuscript pencil notation showing travelers' routes and geographical corrections. Size 42.5 x 58 Inches. This monumental c. 1869 British intelligence map from the height of th…e Great Game details the southern frontier of the Russian Empire in Asia, extending southwards to the British sphere of influence in Afghanistan, the Punjab and Kashmir. This represented the primary theatre of the Great Game - the struggle for control in Central Asia between Russia and the British Empire. The map includes numerous manuscript annotations and updates including records of George Hayward's ill-fated reconnaissance (spy) mission into the Pamirs. A Closer Look The western part of the map reaches as far as the Aral Sea and Kashmar, formerly Torsh?z (???) in Persia. The eastern limits of the map are dominated by the Chinese Empire. The lands covered are today divided between Kazakhstan in the north, Uzbekistan across the center, Kyrgyzstan in the east, Tajikistan in the southeast, and Turkmenistan in the southwest. This represented the primary theatre of The Great Game - the struggle for control in Central Asia between Russia and the British Empire. Not Intended for Publication The map is a photozincographic executed in Dehra Dun by the Survey of India then under the leadership of J. T. Walker. The process, favored for speed and economy, sacrificed certain elements of quality: creases in the original are evident in this copy, for example. Such maps were not intended for commercial use, however, and such flaws were acceptable when a map was time sensitive. Consequently, survey maps thus reproduced were often intended for use in the gathering and governmental dissemination of new geographical information, often for espionage and military intelligence. This certainly seems to be the case with this example. Printed in 1868, the map bears manuscript notations that place the map's use in the next year, or 1870 at the latest. The Russian Push into Central Asia The map captures the peak of Russian expansionism in Central Asia. The manuscript additions and coloring highlights three specific areas. In the south, bordered in red, is the British sphere of influence in northern India, inclusive of parts of what are now Pakistan and Nepal. Kashmir is shown as well. In the northern portions of the map, yellow and green hand color marks the limits of the Sirdaria District (Sirdaryo Region of Uzbekistan) and the Semirechensk District (Semirechyenskaya Oblast, now southeastern Kazakhstan and northeastern Kyrgyzstan.) Sirdaryo This is the region of central Uzbekistan along the left bank of the Syr Darya River. Most of the region is desert, as is accurately indicated on the map. In 1873, much of this area - notably the Zarafshan valley in the Kyzylkum desert (Kizil Kim on the map) would be made a Russian protectorate according to a treaty signed in Qarshi. This map was produced at the time this was being made a fait accompli. The Semirechyenskaya District This region was part of the Khanate of Kokand (1709 - 1876.) Weakened by civil war, the Khanate fell prey to Russia. Semirechyenskaya was assimilated into Russia in 1854; Tashkent seized in 1865; and Khujand in 1867. Kokand became a Russian vassal state in 1868, and Russian control over the region was formally recognized in the 1881 Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Russia and China. All of this was well in motion at the time this map was produced, and it was likely called for expressly to analyze new data coming to light with respect to this strategic area. The Hayward Expeditions Pencil notations mark the 1868 and 1869 journeys of ill-fated English explorer George Jonas Whitaker Hayward (c. 1839 - 1870). The detail part of his efforts to find the source of the Oxus River (Amu Darya), and to explore the Pamir Mountains. He was so tasked by Sir Henry Creswicke R. Signed by Author(s).
