A very rare miniature map of the ecclesiastical provinces of Syria and Persia, administrative jurisdictions of the Jesuit Order, issued not along after the Order was revived in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars.
Exceedingly rare and classified - one of the first accurate surveys of the Ahwaz area of the Arabistan region of Persia (today Khuzistan Province, Iran), importantly showcasing a great stretch of the first oil pipeline in the Middle East, completed in 1912, which connected the Masjed Soleyman Oilfield with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s refinery at Abadan; published in the…
A very rare, large format, separately issued map of Asia, that is perhaps the last great map of the continent to be printed in Ottoman Turkish script, with attractive colours and adorned with the flags of major Asia and Middle Eastern states. Colour lithograph, 61 x 92 cm (soft folds with tiny tears and holes, small tears…
Very Rare - a matching pair of relatively early ‘flow maps’ of the telegraph systems in the both the European and Asian parts of the Ottoman Empire, published entirely in Ottoman Turkish text, fine examples of advanced thematic cartography detailing one of the world’s most important communications systems that was literally the nexus between the East and the West. …
An exceedingly rare map of a port in the Red Sea, printed on thin paper in Italian language, was sold separately for navigational uses. Lithograph on thin paper, each 31 x 23 cm (12.2 x 9 inches).
An exceedingly rare map of a port in the Red Sea, printed on thin paper in Italian language, was sold separately for navigational uses. Lithograph on thin paper, each 31 x 23 cm (12.2 x 9 inches).
Postcard. Lithography in colour (Very Good, slightly age-toned, verso small later annotations in the corner, a tiny piece of corner missing) 13 x 9 cm (5.11 x 3.5 inches).
A fascinating, information-packed booklet produced by the Saudi Interior Ministry in the 1980s to advise Hajj Pilgrims on the customs, transportation and security details for visiting Mecca and its holy sites during the World’s greatest annual pilgrimage; published in Riyadh entirely in the English language – illustrated with 5 maps.
Rare - a seminal map used for strategic planning by German commanders during the Sinai and Levant theatre of World War I, a classified work created under the supervision of the orientalist Franz Gustav Taeschner for the German General Staff, it depicts all details necessary to inform broad military movement during one of the most dramatic and surprising campaigns of…
An incredibly important survivor – a top-secret ‘General Headquarters Map’ made for the use of German General Liman von Sanders and his senior staff to oversee the ill-fated Ottoman-German ‘last stand’ in World War I’s Palestine Campaign at the ‘Battle of Megiddo’; composed of two joined exceedingly rare topographical maps of Central Palestine and Eastern Jordan, drafted and printed…
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![RED SEA NAVIGATION: [AL WADJ, SAUDI ARABIA]. Porto di El Wish (Wedgee) / Pianta originale rilevata dall’I.R. Connoniera “Narenta” Comandante Cap. Di. Corv. W. Kropp.](https://pahor.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/69367-265x331.jpg)
![RED SEA NAVIGATION: [EL TOR, EGYPT] Porto di Tur / Pianta originale rilevata dall’I.R. Connoniera “Narenta” Comandante Cap. Di. Corv. W. Kropp.](https://pahor.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/69366-265x331.jpg)
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