Philips' Authentic Imperial Maps for Tourists and Travellers - Africa North East Sheet

PHILIP, George; London Geographical Institute

Published by George Philip and Son, London and Liverpool, 1930

About this Item

Colour map, 121 miles to 1 inch (1:7,645,000) with 2 insets (Suez Canal, Sokotra), 54 x 70cm backed on linen folding into the original printed brown cloth case 11x19cm with publisher's adverts to inner panels. Undated c 1920s-30s. This stretches from the Libyan Desert to Lake Victoria in the west, to the Levant and Hejaz coasts in the east, with Mecca and Medina and related routes marked. Oases, Arab tribes, imperial possessions, railways, air, sea and cable routes etc shown, with glossary in Arabic and English. Map very good, lightly tanned with slight wear to a couple of folds. Case near fine, rubbed to the extremities.

Seller Inventory # 3834

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Philips' Authentic Imperial Maps for Tourists and Travellers - Africa North East Sheet
• Publisher: George Philip and Son, London and Liverpool
• Publication Date: 1930
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good