Other Title
Persia, Afghanistan and Balochistan

Summary
""Rand McNally & Co.'s Map of Asia and Europe" displays two maps on a single large sheet. The top half is a map of Asia, with an inset of the Holy Land in the lower-right corner. The bottom half contains a more detailed map of Persia (present-day Iran), Afghanistan, and Baluchistan (in present-day Pakistan and Iran). At the bottom is an index showing lakes, mountains, and cities and towns in Afghanistan and Baluchistan. Populations are given for some cities and towns, with the largest in Afghanistan being Kabul (60,000), Kandahar (50,000), and Herat (30,000). An inset map of Afghanistan shows the location of the passes through the mountains to India (i.e., British India, including present-day Pakistan). The two main maps show longitude east from Greenwich, United Kingdom, and from Washington, DC. The lower map shows the scale in miles and in Persian fursakhs (also called parasangs or fursangs). The text at the lower right gives an overview of the geography, population, government, economic resources, and history of Afghanistan. The map was published in 1885 by Chicago-based Rand McNally, a major publisher of atlases, maps, globes, and travel guides in the United States in the second half of the 19th century."
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Names
Rand McNally and Company.

Created / Published
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1885.

Headings
- Afghanistan--Maps
- Balochistan (Pakistan)--Maps
- Iran--Maps
- Palestine--Maps
- Afghanistan
- Balochistān (Pakistan)
- Iran
- Palestine

Notes
- At head of sheet: Rand McNally & Co.'s map of Asia and Europe.
- Includes index.
- Prime meridian: Washington, D.C.
- Relief shown in hachures.
- Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Medium
2 maps on 1 sheet : col. ; 32 x 48 cm. and 23 x 31 cm., on sheet 71 x 52 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location
G7500 1885 .R3

Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 dcu

Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g7500.ct001161

Library of Congress Control Number
2006627700

Online Format
image

LCCN Permalink
https://lccn.loc.gov/2006627700

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