Description: This is a map showing the Crimean peninsula, which is where the Crimean War began between France, Great Britain, Russia and Turkey or the Ottoman Empire. "When Turkey, after a period of irregular fighting, declared war on Russia in October 1853, Great Britain and France (subsequently assisted by Sardinia) intervened in the quarrel." — The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910
Source: The Encyclopedia Britannica, The Encyclopedia Britannica 11th Edition Vol. 7 (New York, NY: The Encyclopedia Britannica Company, 1910) 450
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman. |
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