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LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1879 English

In the fall of 1878, The Illustrated London News dispatched the Scottish artist William Simpson (1823--99) to Afghanistan in anticipation of a conflict between Britain and Afghan tribal leaders. The …


LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1879 English

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Published for the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society..." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.


LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1879 English

Étude militaire géographique, historique et politique sur l'Afghanistan (Military study of Afghanistan considering its geography, history and politics) is an analysis of the military and strategic situation in Afghanistan, written …


LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1879 English

British Agents in Afghanistan is a pamphlet by Sir Owen Tudor Burne that was privately printed in London in 1879 and formed part of the British debate over the origins …


LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1879 Persian

Lithograph. In Persian.


LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1879 English

In the fall of 1878, The Illustrated London News dispatched the Scottish artist William Simpson (1823--99) to Afghanistan in anticipation of a conflict between Britain and Afghan tribal leaders. The …


LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1879 English

Afghanistan, 1879-80 is an album of rare historical photographs depicting people and places associated with the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80). The war began in November 1878 when Great Britain, fearful …


LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1879 English

This impressively detailed map of Central Asia, dated 1879, was published during the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878--80) by the British mapmaker James Wyld the younger (1812--87). The map shows the …


LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1879 English

At head of title: A E I.


LC: Library of Congress · 1 January 1879 English

"Reprinted from 'The Eastern question', by the Duke of Argyll". Errata slip inserted.