Detailed map of the Middle East in the early 20th century

Anonymous.

Map of Eastern Turkey In Asia, Syria And Western Persia.
London: Royal Geographical Society, c.1915 Photozincographed map, dissected and laid on linen, folded into blue paper covers and presented, together with 5pp. pamphlet of accompanying notes, within blue pocket and case. 760 x 800mm.

Slight damp spotting on verso.

The Middle East, extending from the east coast of the Mediterranean to the Caspian and from the Black Sea south to Basra. The map is a compilation of the discoveries of various travellers, discussed in the notes, including Captains Aylmer and Butler in the Syrian Desert in 1908.

Originally published 1910, the map was updated in 1915 to include the railways.


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