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Colour printed paper map 146x107cm. Very good, neatly folded with some wear to folds. First published in March 1956, revised June 1958, air information current July 1958. This was prepared shortly after the formation of the UAR, on the eve of the Lebanon and Jordan Crises which would see US forces sent to Beirut to support President Chamoun and King Hussein, the overthrow of Iraq's pro-British monarchy and tension with the Iraq Petroleum Company, and during the Cyprus Emergency. About centred on Riyadh, coverage is bounded by Cyprus (NW), the Iran-Afghan border (NE), the Kuria Muria Islands off the Muscat and Oman coast (SE), and Atbara (SW). Colour tinted for altitude with contours, spot heights, notes about terrain, international boundaries including the Armistice Line, settlements, rail, main roads, oil pipelines including the IPC and Trans-Arabian Pipeline (Tapline), radar altimetry areas, various types of aerodrome with runway alignments etc, radio facilities, prohibited, danger, and caution areas, and air corridors with related warnings. Prohibited areas cover northern Sinai, much of Israel and Lebanon, and Saudi cities, with a large Caution area over the Aramco concession at Dhahran, and a scattering of several Danger areas across the region.
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