Monash, Sir John KCMG KCB (General, b.1865-d.1931) - Map of Gallipoli (Copy 2) - Scale 1:40,000

Place Asia: Turkey, Canakkale Province, Gallipoli Peninsula
Accession Number 3DRL/2316.302
Collection type Private Record
Record type Item
Measurement Overall: 92.3 cm x 63.1 cm
Object type Map
Maker Survey Department
War Office
Place made Egypt
Date made 1915
Access Open
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Copying Provisions Copying permitted subject to physical condition
Description

A red and blue topographic map on linen titled 'Map of Gallipoli' covering the area around Erenkeui Bay. Scale 1:40,000, sheet 1, Survey Dept, Egypt and War Office. Map features roads, trenches, populated places, battery placements, rivers, and vegetation. Annotations include '36', '63', 'Halil Eli', 'Entrenchments all along this line', 'wall concealed ? battery', 'Krithia', 'Field work 1 gun emplacement', 'Strongly entrenched position', 'old camp', 'trenches', 'Vineyards Barracks', 'Fountaino', and 'Koja Tepe'. 'No. 1' written on reverse, along with a purple stamp that reads 'Gallipoli 1 1:40,000'.