'The Middle East'
Large colour-printed folding political, transport and relief map, backed on cloth, with original printed cover, 1959
A substantial contour-coloured map of the Middle East at 1:4,000,000, revised in 1959 during a period of rapid political change. Its exceptionally broad coverage runs from the Balkans and Turkey across the eastern Mediterranean, Iraq and Iran to Afghanistan and Pakistan, and south through Egypt, Sudan and the Arabian Peninsula; Hadhramaut is continued in a same-scale inset. Hypsometric tints and spot heights model the terrain, while a dense transport overlay distinguishes main and secondary roads, caravan routes, railways and oil pipelines alongside international boundaries. Published by John Bartholomew & Son at the Edinburgh Geographical Institute, the sheet captures the region during the short-lived United Arab Republic era and combines geopolitical, transport and physical-geography interest.
CAPTION BELOW PICTURE: 'The Middle East'
DATE PRINTED: 1959
IMAGE SIZE: Approx 77.0 x 101.0cm, 30.25 x 39.75 inches (Large); Please note that this is a folding map.
ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: John Bartholomew & Son Ltd., cartographers, printers and publishers
PROVENANCE: The Middle East. Revised 1959. Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son Ltd., Edinburgh Geographical Institute
TYPE: Large colour-printed folding political, transport and relief map, backed on cloth, with original printed cover
VERSO: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain
CONDITION: Good; suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time which is not obtrusive unless otherwise stated. I offer a no questions asked return policy - see below.
AUTHENTICITY: This is an authentic historic print, published at the date stated above. I do not offer reproductions. It is not a modern copy. The term 'original' when applied to a print means that it was printed at the first or original date of publication; it does not imply that the item is unique. 'Print' means any image created by applying an inked block to paper or card under pressure by any method including wood engraving, steel engraving, copperplate, wood cut and lithography.
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