AFGHANISTAN -- STRAHAN, Major-General C., Col. St. G.C. GORE and Col. R.A. WAHAB. Afghanistan. London: Office of the Trigonometrical Branch, Survey of India, Dehra Dun, for Edward Stanford, 1901. Very large folding heliozincographic map on 4 sheets joined (1645 x 1282mm), hand-coloured in outline, to the scale of one inch to 16 miles (1:1,013,760), dissected and mounted on linen, marbled-paper outer panels, contained in the original purple cloth slipcase with printed label (very light spotting to case, label fractionally chipped).
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AFGHANISTAN -- STRAHAN, Major-General C., Col. St. G.C. GORE and Col. R.A. WAHAB. Afghanistan. London: Office of the Trigonometrical Branch, Survey of India, Dehra Dun, for Edward Stanford, 1901. Very large folding heliozincographic map on 4 sheets joined (1645 x 1282mm), hand-coloured in outline, to the scale of one inch to 16 miles (1:1,013,760), dissected and mounted on linen, marbled-paper outer panels, contained in the original purple cloth slipcase with printed label (very light spotting to case, label fractionally chipped).

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AFGHANISTAN -- STRAHAN, Major-General C., Col. St. G.C. GORE and Col. R.A. WAHAB. Afghanistan. London: Office of the Trigonometrical Branch, Survey of India, Dehra Dun, for Edward Stanford, 1901. Very large folding heliozincographic map on 4 sheets joined (1645 x 1282mm), hand-coloured in outline, to the scale of one inch to 16 miles (1:1,013,760), dissected and mounted on linen, marbled-paper outer panels, contained in the original purple cloth slipcase with printed label (very light spotting to case, label fractionally chipped).

FINE COPY OF A RARE, CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF A MAP FROM THE 'GREAT GAME'.