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[Royal Naval Air Service flying map of Kiel Canal, 1915]

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Series Number Id: UNKNOWN. Royal Naval Air Service flying map of Kiel Canal, 1915 (River Elbe to Kiel Harbour), in two sectons on one sheet, intended to be joined together. Includes sketch of "Rendsburg Railway Bridge (View during construction)". Detail black; water blue; woods and forests green; roads yellow/ochre; towns and villages red. Compass roses printed on each map section. "Prepared for Air Department purposes by the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty, 1st June 1915, under the Superintendence of Captain J. F. Parry, R.N., Hydrographer." Map segments labeled A5 and A6 respectively., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC20; envelope_number: 619.

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Title
[Royal Naval Air Service flying map of Kiel Canal, 1915]
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Subject
World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918--Germany
Description
Series Number Id: UNKNOWN. Royal Naval Air Service flying map of Kiel Canal, 1915 (River Elbe to Kiel Harbour), in two sectons on one sheet, intended to be joined together. Includes sketch of "Rendsburg Railway Bridge (View during construction)". Detail black; water blue; woods and forests green; roads yellow/ochre; towns and villages red. Compass roses printed on each map section. "Prepared for Air Department purposes by the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty, 1st June 1915, under the Superintendence of Captain J. F. Parry, R.N., Hydrographer." Map segments labeled A5 and A6 respectively., Location: Research Collections; Fonds: WW1 Trench Maps: France; Box number: PC20; envelope_number: 619.
Publisher
Contributor
[Great Britain. War Office. General Staff. Geographical Section], Great Britain. Royal Naval Air Service
Date
1915-06-01
Type
Format
1:83,383 approximately, map
Identifier
macrepo:73915, local: PC0756
Source
Language
eng
Relation
Coverage
Germany, Europe--Germany--Kiel Canal, Eider River, Elbe River, Rendsburg
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