Syria - Philips New Series of Imperial Maps for Tourists & Travellers [series title] / Philips Travelling Maps [cover title]

London Geographical Institute; George Philip & Son

Published by G. Philip & Son, London, 1910

About this Item

Colour map including large inset 56 x 70cm, dissected in 24 sections mounted on linen, folding into original red cloth case with black titles, and publisher's adverts to inner panels 11 x 19cm. Map and case very good with some marks, and inscription to advert panel. The adverts identify this as part of Philips' New Series of Imperial Maps for Tourists and Travellers, price 4/-. The main map, 69.15 miles to 1 degree, covers the Levantine coast from the Gulf of Iskenderun to the Dead Sea, and inland beyond Deir el Zor in Al Gezireh (Mesopotamia) (NE quadrant). Colour borders show Ottoman administrative divisions. Features include the Hejaz and other railways, Egyptian and Syrian Hajj routes to Mecca, steamer routes, submarine cables, relief by hachures, and heights in feet. The SE quadrant contains "The Sinai Peninsula and Egyptian Frontier", a continuation of the main map southwards on a reduced scale. The map is undated, but the frontier is the Rafah to Aqaba line imposed by the British on the Ottomans in 1906 to better defend Suez, and it pre-dates the Mandates. Seller Inventory # 3976

Bibliographic Details

Title: Syria - Philips New Series of Imperial Maps ...

Publisher: G. Philip & Son, London

Publication Date: 1910

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good