Map Syria (19 results)
Language: English
Published by Stanford, London, 1857
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. An antique coloured map- colouring contemporary but expertly and delicately executed - very good condition . Mounted - matted - and ready to frame . . Shows Syria - very detailed - - very attractive and in excellent condition.
Language: English
Published by R Wilkinson, London, 1798
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid original antique map of Syria. Contemporary colouring and in excellent condition. Mounted and ready to frame. Extremely decorative and printed in 1798. Detailed and attractive map.
Eastern Africa & Asia "The Dominion of Solomon and His Allies" - Antique Map, Contemporary Colouring 1798
ARABIA, SYRIA, EAST AFRICA - Original Antique Map, Contemporary Colouring
Language: English
Published by R Wilkinson, London, 1798
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid original antique map of Sicily. Contemporary coloring and in excellent condition. Mounted and ready to frame. Extremely decorative and printed in 1798. Detailed and attractive map. Subtilted " The Dominion of Solomon and his Allies" with attractive inset "Sheba with the Voyage to Tars…hish and Ophir".
Language: English
Published by A Fullarton & Co., London & Edinburgh
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. An original antique map showing the North part of Syria, ca. 1844. Mounted and ready to frame. Hand coloured, not contemporary. In excellent condition, decorative and impressive.
Language: English
Published by A Fullarton & Co., London & Edinburgh
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. An original antique map showing the South part of Syria, ca. 1844. Mounted and ready to frame. Hand coloured, not contemporary. In excellent condition, decorative and impressive.
PALESTINE with Part of SYRIA - An Original Antique Hand Coloured Map Circa 1850
PALESTINE with Part of SYRIA - An Original Antique Hand Coloured Map Circa 1850
Language: English
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid original antique hand coloured map, colouring not contemporary but delicately and expertly done . Mounted - matted - and ready to frame. Very good condition . Printed circa 1860 . An attractive item - with a vignette of the Temple enclosure, Jerusalem. W HUGHES (illustrator).
Language: English
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine engraving - printed circa 1850. Mounted and ready to frame. Hand colouring not contemporary, but delicately and expertly executed. A fine opportunity to purchase an attractive and decorative engraving - Map of Syria.
Language: English
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. A fine antique map in very good condition - printed in circa 1844. Mounted (matted) and ready to frame. Engraved size approx 16 x 13 Ins, 41 x 33 Cms. Mounted size approx 19 x 16 in, 49 x 41cm. Coloured in outline, hand colouring contemporary. A fine engraved map of Turkey with Provinces in Asia… Minor. Engraved By Walker (illustrator).
Published by Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's Inn; A. Miller, in the Strand; and J. Osborn, in Paternoster Row., London, 1748
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Add to basketUnframed Print. Condition: Very Good. This 1748 map was engraved by John Blundell and printed in London by T. Osborne, A. Miller, and J. Osborn. It provides a detailed representation of Syria and its neighbouring regions following the division of Alexander the Greats empire among his generals, known as the Diadochi. This period…saw Syria become a contested territory, particularly between the Seleucid Empire and Ptolemaic Egypt.1 folding plate. There is a tiny hole in the map just above the word Chalcidene. Size: 20 x 30 cms. Category: Universal History; Unframed Prints : Old; Printed before 1800; Special Features. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.
Language: Arabic
Published by Tiba'ât Alî al-Vefeyyât fî Al-Matbaat al-Katolikiyya [i.e. The Catholicos Printing House], Beirut, 1948
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original chromo-lithograph map in brown tones. On a special paper with an ongoing blindstamped "Regestre Robur" during the borders. Folded. 70x100 cm. In Arabic. Scale: 1 /1.000.000. Chipped on margins, split on folded traces. Slight discoloration and one stain on lower margin. Otherwise a good…copy. An attractive and detailed map of Syria shows the capital (as Aleppo n that map), other cities like Damascus, Raqqa, Homs, Latakia, Ayn al-Arab, Idlib, Hama, Deir Ez-Zor, Jarabulus, et alli. And it shows Turkey on the north (as Turkey containing Hatay and Alexandrette), The Mediterranean shores of the land as well as Lebanon and Palestine (and Jerusalem) on the west, Sharq al-Urdun (Jordan) and Iraq on the south and east. It's very detailed on showing the roads spread throughout the land like railways and ancient roads from the Roman period. Additionally this roads can be followed to the other Arabic countries and regions on the map. This map was calligraphed by Kamel Al-Baba, (1905-1991), who was a Lebanese contemporary / modern calligrapher. He is the son of famous calligrapher Mokhtar Al-Baba. Cannot be found in WorldCat.; Not in Library of Congress Map Collection. Very scarce.
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Contact seller4-star sellerVery good. Minor foxing and overall toning. Minor edge wear. Size 13 x 15.5 Inches. A fine example of S. A. Mitchell's 1849 map of Turkey in Asia. Centered on the Holy Land, this map covers the Asian territories claimed by the Turkish Ottoman Empire. These include the modern day countries of Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Jordan, Lebano…n, and Iraq. An inset in the lower left quadrant details the environs of Constantinople and the Bosporus Straits. The important caravan route from to Rosrah, on the Persian Gulf, is noted. Political and topographical features are noted and color coded with elevation rendered by hachure. The whole is engraved and colored in Mitchell's distinctive style with green border work and vivid pastels. Mitchell published this chart in his atlas from 1846 to the late 1850s before discontinuing the series and selling his map plates to DeSilver. This map was issued in the 1849 edition of the New Universal Atlas . It was the last edition of that atlas to be published by Mitchell prior to selling the plates and rights to the atlas to Thomas Cowperthwait in 1850. References: Rumsey 0545.069.
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Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Contact seller4-star sellerVery good condition. Blank on verso. Size 12.5 x 15 Inches. A fine example of Thomas Cowperthwait and S. A. Mitchell's 1854 map of Turkey in Asia. Centered on the Holy Land, this map covers the Asian territories claimed by the Turkish Ottoman Empire c. 1850. These include the modern day countries of Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Jordan…, Lebanon, and Iraq. An inset in the lower left quadrant details the environs of Constantinople and the Bosporus Straits. The important caravan route from to Rosrah, on the Persian Gulf, is noted. The whole is engraved in Mitchell's distinctive style with green border work and vivid pastels. Political and topographical features are noted and color coded with elevation rendered by hachure. This map was prepared by S. A. Mitchell for publication by the Philadelphia firm of Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. as plate no. 66 in the 1854 edition of Mitchell's New General Atlas . Dated and copyrighted, 'Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1850 by Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. in the Clerk's office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. References: Rumsey 0537.065 (1846 edition). Phillips (Atlases) 814.
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Contact seller4-star sellerGood. Discoloration along the central fold line. Size 12.5 x 15.5 Inches. This is a brilliantly colored 1831 Henry Teesdale / John Dower map of the 'Turkey in Asia,' that is, the Asian portion of the Ottoman Empire. This map was published as the Ottoman Empire faced both external and internal threats, and an acute existential cr…isis from within at the hands of Muhammed Ali Pasha, which the dynasty only survived thanks to a foreign intervention. A Closer Look This map illustrates the Ottoman Empire in Asia, which by the time this map was produced was most of what remained of the empire, as the Ottomans had lost much of their territory in southeastern Europe to nationalist independence movements. Declining Ottoman authority, social discontent, and rising nationalist sentiment also caused Istanbul to lose control of Egypt (discussed below) and to retain only a weak grip over much of the Levant. These vulnerabilities would be exploited repeatedly by Britain, France, and Russia, who were only limited by a desire not to see each other gain too strong of a foothold in the Levant. Decline of the Ottoman Empire and the Rise of Muhammed Ali Pasha Throughout the 19th century, the Ottoman Empire was beset not only by external threats (a string of wars against Russia in particular) but also by internal division. National awakenings in the Balkans at the start of the 19th century had forced Istanbul to relinquish control over Serbia and to fight a losing battle to retain Greece. Meanwhile, and not for the first time in Ottoman history, a dynamic administrator and military commander proved to be a double-edged sword. Muhammed Ali Pasha initially came to power in Egypt after being dispatched by the Ottomans to restore their authority there, which had been overturned by Napoleon's invasion in 1798 and a subsequent civil war. He was successful in pacifying Egypt, but then immediately moved to declare himself ruler of the province and instituted a range of modernizing reforms. Muhammed Ali was a powerful weapon for the Ottomans, conquering Sudan, reconquering Arabia, and nearly reconquering Greece until he was stymied by a combined British, French, and Russian intervention at Navarino in 1827, which sank his entire navy. However, he was also ambitious and beyond the control of Istanbul (which explains Egypt not being included among Ottoman lands here). In exchange for his military campaigns, Muhammed Ali demanded that the Sultan grant him control of Syria. When that demand was rejected, the same year this map was published, Muhammad Ali launched an invasion of Syria, handily defeating Ottoman forces before moving further into Anatolia. The Ottomans were only saved through the intervention of Russia, which blocked the route to Istanbul. Thereafter, Britain and France brokered an agreement that capped Russia's influence in Turkey (their primary concern) while mollifying Muhammed Ali by granting him Syria. Less than a decade later, the Egyptians and Ottomans waged war again, with Muhammed Ali again winning handily and again being prevented from capturing Istanbul by an intervention of major European powers. However, he was effectively granted de jure autonomy over Egypt, establishing an independent dynasty, in exchange for leaving Ottoman Syria. Unfortunately for Muhammed Ali, his successors were not nearly as capable or wily as he, and the dynasty's power waned vis-à-vis European powers, with Egypt falling under British occupation and then a protectorate in the late 19th - early 20th century. Publication History and Census This map was engraved by John Dower for the 1831 edition of A New General Atlas of the World , published by Henry Teesdale. This appears to be an especially rare presentation of this map, as examples in the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection and other major digital repositories from other editions of the map do not show such vivid and full color. The 1831 edition of this map is only independently cataloged in the holdings o.
A New Map of the Eastern Parts of Asia Minor Largely taken: As Also of Syria, Armenia, Mesopotamia and c. Shewing their Antient Divisions, Countries or People, Chiefe Cities, Towns, Rivers, Mountains etc. Dedicated to His Highness William Duke of Gloucester.
1712 Wells Map of Asia Minor, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Jordan and Iraq
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Contact seller4-star sellerVery good. Some wear along original centerfold. Old reinforcement to bottom centerfold, and few marginal mends well away from printed image. Original outline color. Size 14.5 x 19.25 Inches. This is an elegant 1700 Edward Wells map of the eastern Mediterranean and ancient Mesopotamia. Coverage extends from Cyprus and Asia Minor,… eastwards as far as the Caspian and Persian Gulf. The central focus is the watershed of the Tigris and Euphrates, thus embracing ancient Mesopotamia and Babylonia. The kingdoms of Assyria, Armenia, Palestine and Syria are prominent. A decorative title cartouche appears in the lower right, surmounted by the arms of the dedicatee - Prince William, Duke of Gloucester and the son of Queen Anne, who, when this map was being prepared, was a student of Wells. The sickly William never lived to see his tutor's work completed. Publication History and Census This map was engraved by Robert Spofforth for inclusion in Edward Wells' 1700 work, A New Sett of Maps Both of Ancient and Present Geography . This atlas was successful, and stayed in publication for many years thereafter - outliving Wells considerably. References: OCLC 1118077161. Rumsey 11181.035. Laor, E., Map of the Holy Land: Cartobibliography of Printed Maps, 1475 - 1900, #833.
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Contact seller4-star sellerGood. Backed on archival tissue for stability, Exhibits wear along original fold lines. Minor infill. Blank on verso. Size 24.5 x 27 Inches. This is an 1894 Hartmann map of the eastern part of the Vilayet of Aleppo (Haleb), former Ottoman Empire, which encompasses parts of modern-day Turkey and Syria. The map depicts from the so…uthern extreme of the Vilayet of Adana south to Aleppo (now in Syria) and the border of the Vilayet of Beirut. Cities and towns are labeled throughout, including Iskenderun, Pajas, Aleppo (labeled here as Haleb), and Antakija. (As an aside, Iskenderun was known as Alexandretta from the Middle Ages until the Ottoman conquest of Syria and was made famous by Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade . Hartmann, in his article, refers to the city as Alexandrette.) Insets in the lower right corner focus on the city of Antakija and the route between Iskenderun and Aleppo, respectively. Martin Hartmann and his expeditions to northern Syria Martin Hartmann (1851 - 1918) was a German Arabist and Islamic scholar. Hartmann studied oriental languages at university in Leipzig, earning a doctorate in 1875. After graduating, he elected to avoid the life of an academic and instead went to Constantinople, where he studied to become a Dragoman, a translator, interpreter, and official guide for European consuls, embassies, and other officials in the former Ottoman Empire. A dragoman was required to speak Turkish, Persian, and Arabic. Hartmann was named Dragoman and Chancellor of the German Consul General in Beirut in 1876 and held the post until 1887. It was in this capacity that he ventured into northern Syria in 1882, 1883, and 1884, stating that northern Syria was relatively unexplored at the time. These explorations were sponsored by the Karl Ritter Stiftung der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde , part of the Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin (Berlin Geographical Society). Hartmann's goal was to create a comprehensive map of the region - the present offering - complete with the local names of the villages and geographical features. Publication History and Census This map was drawn by Elisabeth Hartmann (Martin Hartmann's wife), engraved by C.L. Keller, and published in the Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin in 1894. Two examples are cataloged in OCLC and are part of the institutional collections at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich. References: OCLC 1187175501.
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Contact seller4-star sellerVery good. Light wear along original fold lines. Closed edge tears professionally repaired on verso. Verso repairs to fold separations. Size 19 x 26 Inches. This is a 1955 Y?suf Sam?rah pictorial tourist map of Damascus, Syria, issued to promote and capitalize on the 2nd Damascus International Fair. A Closer Look Coverage embrac…es Damascus from Syrian University to the al-Sheikh Raslan Mosque and from Alshahbandar Square to just south of the Chapel of Saint Paul.Significant sites are illustrated pictorially, including Syrian University and the Chapel of Saint Paul, along with the Palace of Justice, the Umayyad Mosque (one of the oldest and largest mosques in the world), Parliament, the Mariamite Cathedral, and the Mausoleum of Saladin. Other buildings are marked by their footprint, including several mosques, the telephone and telegraph exchange, and the Citadel. On the verso, printed photographs highlight key locations, among them Umayyad Mosque, the Mausoleum of Saladin, the Garden of Zenobia, and St. John the Baptist's Mausoleum. An index lists hotels, taxis, banks, cinemas, nightclubs, restaurants, and airlines and travel offices. A small 2nd Damascus International Fair advertisement also appears on the verso. The Damascus International Fair The first Damascus International Fair was held in Umayyad Square in September 1954. Twenty-six countries participated, and over 1,000,000 people visited. After the first fair's success, it was made into an annual event promoted as 'the Syrian economy's window to the world.' Annual fairs followed until the 2012 outbreak of the Syrian Civil War. After a lull of five years, they were revived in 2017 with a new 1.2 million-square-meter fairground. Publication History and Census This map was created by Y?suf Sam?rah and published in 1955 for the 2nd Damascus International Fair. We note 8 examples cataloged in OCLC, which are part of the collections at Harvard University, the Library of Congress, the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, the University of California Berkeley, Leiden University, and the Bibliotheek Universiteit van Amsterdam. References: OCLC 39367716.
Motor and Camel Surveys in the North Arabian Desert.
1923 Holt Map of Jordan and Syria and Parts of Iraq, and Israel / Palestine
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Contact seller4-star sellerVery good. Exhibits toning and light wear along original fold lines. Small closed tear along right border. Size 14.5 x 24.5 Inches. This is a 1923 A. L. Holt map of Syria and Lebanon as well as parts of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Palestine / Israel. Coverage extends from Jerusalem to Baghdad, and from Beirut to Jauf and the Nafud.…The map highlights the motor route from Amman to Ramadi, along with other overland routes. Railways connecting Beirut, Damascus, and Amman with points farther south are also noted. A.L. Holt and the Haifa-Baghdad Railway Major A.L. Holt (1876 - 1971), a British military officer and Royal Engineer, spent the early 1920s in the deserts of Arabia surveying routes for the Royal Air Force. From 1920 through 1922, Holt laid out the system of landing fields for R.A.F. service route between Cairo and Baghdad. While doing so, he also surveyed a projected route for the proposed Haifa-Baghdad Railway. This railway was intended to be a high-speed transport for goods and raw materials traveling between Baghdad and Haifa. A British-controlled port on the Mediterranean, Haifa was the planned distribution hub for goods from points farther east, including British India. The railway was projected to be two weeks faster than a sea voyage through the Suez Canal and would be able to carry many times more freight than airplanes. There also was an intention to connect the Haifa-Baghdad railroad to proposed rail routes in Persia and India, potentially creating a true transcontinental railroad through southern Asia. A Southern Railway Route? In early 1922, Holt encountered Harry St. John Philby (1885 - 1960), a British Arabist and colonial office intelligence officer. Holt accompanied Philby on an expedition to Jauf hoping for an opportunity to survey an alternate route for the railroad. The map follows Philby's and Holt's route with dates chronicling the party's progress. The two men spent three days in Jauf before continuing east to Sakaka to visit the Sultan. From Sakaka, after being 'detained' for over a week, Philby and Holt continued east to Karbala. They finally reached Karbala over one month after leaving Amman. A Railroad that Never Was The proposed Haifa-Baghdad railroad was never built. First, the borders between British-controlled areas and other parts of the region were fluid at best and the British wanted to be certain that they would be able to control the entirety of the railroad. Second, existing tribal conflicts caused concerns over the railroad's security. Third, British officials were reticent to invest in an empire in the unstable Middle East. Finally, Holt completed most of his surveying by car (hence the title of this map 'Motor and Camel Surveys'), and by 1923 automobile transportation across the desert had been proven more practicable. This prompted other individuals (curiously Holt was not among them) to establish overland autoroutes from Damascus to Ramadi, and in doing so eliminated the need for a rail connection Publication History and Census This map is a reduced edition of a manuscript map created by Major A.L. Holt from his surveys. The Royal Geographical Society published it in the October 1923 edition of The Geographical Journal . No examples are cataloged in OCLC, and it rarely appears on the private market.
[This map was drawn by the Imperial Engineering Office].
1832 Ottoman Imperial Engineering Office Manuscript Folding Map of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine
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Contact seller4-star sellerVery good. Manuscript. Dissected and mounted on linen. Light soiling. Size 55 x 32.25 Inches. An extraordinary, one-of-a-kind large-format manuscript folding map of Ottoman Syria produced by the sultan's Imperial Engineering Office c. 1832. It was made in the context of the First Egyptian Ottoman War (1831 - 1833), which saw the… region temporarily come under Egyptian rule. A Closer Look Covering nearly the entire eastern Mediterranean coast from Iskenderun to just south of Jaffa (now Tel Aviv), this map includes a variety of political, infrastructural, and topographical details. Mountains are illustrated, and waterways are traced, as are roads between settlements. The various Ottoman eyalets , including Sidon (????? ????), Damascus (????? ???), Tripoli (????? ?????? ???), and Aleppo (???, here as a ?????? or flag / banner), are labeled in large black text and traced with hand-coloring. Settlements, many of which were the center of lower-level administrative divisions such as sanjaks or livas and kazas , are also identified and divided from each other by dotted lines. At left and top, the Mediterranean Sea, Gulf of Iskenderun, and Adana Eyalet are labelled. At bottom right is an inset of the Dead Sea and environs, as far west as Jerusalem. Near Acre (???), soundings mark out nautical depths in the adjoining bay, the best natural harbor in the region. The First Egyptian - Ottoman War (1831 - 1833) This part of the Ottoman Empire had historically been ruled rather lightly. Following a remarkable string of conquests in the early 16th century, in which the Ottomans seized most of the Levant from the Mamluk Sultanate, titles and privileges were granted to allies and local clan leaders willing to work with the Ottomans. Greater Syria was effectively ruled as semi-autonomous territories, with the clans being tasked with collecting taxes (keeping a portion for themselves) while providing military service to the sultan. This system worked well to maintain stability on the frontiers of the empire but proved incapable of stopping powerful external challenges. These weaknesses became apparent at the turn of the 19th century. Seeing control of the eastern Mediterranean as essential to his wider contest with the British, Napoleon invaded Egypt and Syria in 1798 - 1801. Although the French generally found success on the battlefield, especially in the campaign's early months, capturing many of the essential coastal fortifications and settlements seen here, Napoleon's attention was drawn back to Europe with the War of the Second Coalition (1798 - 1802). Moreover, the benefits to France from invading and occupying so much territory were outweighed by costs, including diseases, which killed as many French troops than died in battle. With British assistance, the Ottomans regrouped and increasingly threatened the French gains, recapturing Cairo and Alexandria in the summer of 1801, leading to an 1802 treaty which ostensibly reestablished the status quo ante . However, the conflict was a shock to the Ottoman Empire, demonstrating the wide technological, economic, and administrative deficit of the Ottomans vis-à-vis the premier European powers. Sultan Selim III (r. 1789 - 1807) instituted a series of military reforms, but was hampered by established interests, namely the Janissary Corps. In the Levant, the sultan turned to an extremely capable administrator and military strategist named Muhammad Ali to restore Ottoman rule. Muhammad Ali was successful in pacifying Egypt, but then immediately moved to assert his autonomy and instituted a range of modernizing reforms far beyond those being pursued by the sultan. He proved to be a double-edged sword for the Ottomans - conquering the Sudan, reconquering Arabia, and nearly reconquering Greece in the 1820s - before threatening to topple the Sublime Porte itself in the 1830s. An undercurrent of tensions between the Sublime Porte and Muhammed Ali exploded in the latter stages of the Greek War of Independenc.
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Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Contact seller4-star sellerFair to Good. Manuscript map drawn on wax paper. All color present and all text easily readable. Exhibits loss along top and bottom margins that does not effect the map. Exhibits tears along original fold lines. Blank on verso. Size 12 x 16 Inches. This is a one-of-a-kind c. 1942 manuscript map of Damascus, Syria created during…the British occupation of the city after the successful June 1941 battle during the Syria-Lebanon Campaign. Illustrating only a small part of the city, 'in-bounds' areas are shaded three different colors to emphasize where British troops were allowed to explore. The red shaded areas, which include the medical school (Falcultie de Medicine) and the racecourse, are parts of the city the soldiers were allowed to exist in, while the green areas, which are the Citadel and the Omayad Mosque, were 'in bounds' during daylight hours except on Fridays. The three streets shaded gray were only 'in bounds' during daylight hours. Thirty-two locations around the area are numerically identified and correspond with a key situated along the right side. Some of these include cinemas, hotels, the Church Army Hostel, the Y.M.C.A., and the headquarters of the military police. Intriguingly, the map's title, the key (index) and the text explaining which areas are 'in bounds' when have all been typed on a typewriter while the rest of the map was completed in manuscript. . The Battle of Damascus and the Syria-Lebanon Campaign In 1941, Syria and Lebanon were held by Vichy France. A coup d'état in Iraq on April 1, 1941 instigated the Anglo-Iraqi War (May 2-31, 1941) after the leader of the Iraqi nationalists Rashid Ali appealed to Nazi Germany for help. This war ended in the establishment of a British puppet government in Iraq. Britain then launched the Syria-Lebanon campaign (June 8 - July 14, 1941) in an effort to prevent Nazi Germany from using Vichy-French controlled airfield in Syria and Lebanon to attack British forces in Egypt. During this campaign, which suffered from a severe lack of troop strength, the British were also preparing for the operation to relieve the Siege of Tobruk in North Africa and were fighting in the East African Campaign as well. Damascus was captured on June 21, 1941, and Beirut fell to the Australian 21st Brigade on July 10. The Armistice of Saint Jean d'Acre was signed four days later. Dating the Map Unfortunately, the map is not dated, and very little scholarship is available about Damascus itself during this period in its history. Luckily, we were able to locate a digitized reminiscence of an American Field Service volunteer named Charles P. Edwards who was a member of a British ambulance unit in the Middle East and North Africa from October 1942 until at least January 1943. Edwards spent six weeks in Damascus from mid-November through the end of December 1942 working at a casualty clearing station and references a transit camp outside of town. A transit camp is referenced here as well, with an arrow in the upper right corner pointing up off the map toward a transit camp. Thus, thanks to Edwards's account, we are able to place a date of c. 1942 on this piece. Publication History and Census This map was drawn in Damascus, Syria, likely by a British or Australian soldier, during the occupation of Damascus c. 1942. This is likely a one-of-a-kind artifact, as we have been unable to unearth anything even remotely comparable. Signed by Author(s).
