[British Somaliland] Development Map: Minerals, Water, Agriculture, Scale: 1:3,000,000.

HUNT, John A.

Published by Printed by 157 E.A. & S.R. Base Svy. Coy. E.A.E. June ., 1945

About this Item

Original lithographed map of the British Somoliland Protectorate (22.5 x 38 cm), showing potential mineral belts, potential salts, recommended water survey, potential raincrop areas, potential flood & irrigation gardens. Provenance: V.H.W. Dowson, with his stamp to verso. Valentine Hugh Wilfred Dowson (1896-1980) was an army intelligence officer and authority on date cultivation who spend the majority of his life in the Middle East and was based in Basra. Very good condition. Major John Anthony Hunt OBE (1906 1986) was a prominent British geologist and colonial administrator known for his extensive work in the British Somaliland Protectorate between 1936 and 1958. In 1943, Hunt was commissioned by the Governor to lead a comprehensive survey of the protectorate. This work, published in 1951 as "A General Survey of the Somaliland Protectorate 1944 1950," became the definitive reference for the region. Hunt's report was so highly regarded that it was famously recommended to new colonial administrators alongside the Bible and the Koran as one of the three essential documents for understanding the territory. G.P. No. 2590.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: [British Somaliland] Development Map: Minerals, Water, Agriculture, Scale: 1:3,000,000.
• Publisher: Printed by 157 E.A. & S.R. Base Svy. Coy. E.A.E. June .
• Publication Date: 1945
• Seller catalogs:
  • MAPS - AFRICA
  • East Africa