Printed in Great Britain by George Philip & Son, Ltd. Very rare map showing the route of a proposed Haifa-Baghdad railway that was never completed.... Show morePrinted in Great Britain by George Philip & Son, Ltd. Very rare map showing the route of a proposed Haifa-Baghdad railway that was never completed. We are only able to trace two copies in institutions: National Archives, Kew, and Oxford. The British contemplated building a railway connecting the Mediterranean with the capital of Iraq in the 1920s, ostensibly to shore up their imperial rule, support the British-backed Arab government of Iraq, and secure the oil pipeline already running from the Mosul oilfields to Haifa. The British were also aware that, with the development of air warfare, the Suez Canal could be easily attacked in a time of war, and alternative military routes to cross the Middle East to access India were required. However, a series of economic difficulties trumped political and military expediency, and with the outbreak of the Second World War, the dream of a trans-Middle East rail service evaporated. Octavo (190 x 105mm). Folding lithographic map, with manuscript additions showing built and planned railway routes, colour-coded to show the differing gauges, on a scale of 55 miles = one inch (1:3,500,000), mounted on linen and folded within original green cloth binding, 2pp. of publisher’s ads pasted onto front free endpaper and verso of map (cloth lightly soiled) Main Heritage Display General Book Item-ID: i26516718 BIB-ID: 2733810 Show less
Shows: international and administrative boundaries, railways, roads (2 categories). Pocket map Main Heritage Shelves General HC.MAP.01164 Print Map Item... Show moreShows: international and administrative boundaries, railways, roads (2 categories). Pocket map Main Heritage Shelves General HC.MAP.01164 Print Map Item-ID: i11404140 BIB-ID: 1172757 Palestine, southern Syria and western Jordan. Show less
Pocket map "Projection: Conical with two standard parallels." Main Heritage Shelves General HC.MAP.01185 Print Map Item-ID: i11404401 BIB-ID: 1172783 Show morePocket map "Projection: Conical with two standard parallels." Main Heritage Shelves General HC.MAP.01185 Print Map Item-ID: i11404401 BIB-ID: 1172783 Show less
Atlas map Pl. 51 from "The Times atlas & gazetteer of the world." Relief shown by hypsometric tints and spot heights; depths by bathymetric tints.... Show moreAtlas map Pl. 51 from "The Times atlas & gazetteer of the world." Relief shown by hypsometric tints and spot heights; depths by bathymetric tints. Shows shipping routes with distances, etc. Verso has an index map to maps of the Near East Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00452 Print Map Item-ID: i24194621 BIB-ID: 2562232 Show less
Map from the book "With the Beduins, a narrative of journeys and adventures in unfrequented parts of Syria, by Gray Hill" Relief shown by hachures Ma... Show moreMap from the book "With the Beduins, a narrative of journeys and adventures in unfrequented parts of Syria, by Gray Hill" Relief shown by hachures Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00437 Print Map Item-ID: i23879737 BIB-ID: 2539104 Show less
Relief shown by hypsometric tints Map is dissected and mounted on cloth between covers Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00478 Print Map Item-ID:... Show moreRelief shown by hypsometric tints Map is dissected and mounted on cloth between covers Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00478 Print Map Item-ID: i24197919 BIB-ID: 2576388 Show less
Relief shown by hypsometric tinting and spot heights Bartholomew World Travel Series Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01289 Print Map Item-ID:... Show moreRelief shown by hypsometric tinting and spot heights Bartholomew World Travel Series Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01289 Print Map Item-ID: i24442926 BIB-ID: 2599485 Show less
Syria map on recto (scale 1:1,000,000). Damascus, Aleppo, and Palmyra maps on verso, with much historical and traveler's information indcluded. Reli... Show moreSyria map on recto (scale 1:1,000,000). Damascus, Aleppo, and Palmyra maps on verso, with much historical and traveler's information indcluded. Relief shown by hypsometric tints and spot heights Tourist map Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01264 Print Map Item-ID: i24442124 BIB-ID: 2597150 Show less
made in the year 1818 by ... L. Corry ... to whom this map is ... inscribed by A. Arrowsmith. Map is dissected and mounted on cloth Inset map of Sinai. ... Show moremade in the year 1818 by ... L. Corry ... to whom this map is ... inscribed by A. Arrowsmith. Map is dissected and mounted on cloth Inset map of Sinai. Main Heritage Shelves General HC.MAP.01161 Print Map Item-ID: i11404115 BIB-ID: 1172754 Show less