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FOLDER 1 World War I maps and charts
Collection of five maps from World War I. One railroad map of France, nautical charts, and a desclassified British map of minefields in the North Sea. Some items are annotated.
Carte De Reseau des Chemins de fer de L'est 1880
1:1,000,000
In French
Railway map of Western France
Mediterranean Archipelago 1881
Two sheets
Sheet 1 reverse hand-written note: British Admiralty Hydrographic Map Number 2836A, 5 Dec 1913 Edition
Sheet 2 reverse hand-written note: British Admiralty Hydrographic Map Number 2836A, 5 Dec 1913 Edition
Base map by British Admiralty
Index F and Admiralty Catalogue
Various locations highlighted in orange
Soundings in fathoms
Gulf of Cattaro to Corfu Including the Coast of Italy from Cape St. Maria di Leuca to Brindsi 1870
Base map by British Admiralty
Published at the Admiralty 5 Sept. 1878
Various locations highlighted in orange
Soundings in fathoms
British Islands Approximate Positions of Minefields 19th August 1918. Corrected to "Q" Message No. 4469 and "R" Message No. "39" 1918
Base map by Hydrographic Dept. of Admiralty
"Remarks on Enemy Minelaying Activity during the period 5th August 1918 to 19th August 1918."
"68 Moored mines have been destroyed"
"Secret No. 20 Z.7"
Also shows locations of British minefields
Military grid

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