[Map] The Near East

Army Map Service (AMS&S), Corps of Engineers

Published by Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, US Army, Washington DC, 1957

About this Item

Colour printed paper folding map with inset 100x79cm. Good, neatly folded, spotted, at some point displayed, with pinholes and shadowing from old tape (since removed) to the corners and top edge, and a closed tear. Dated 2-52 to the code, and printed 5-57. Offering a strategic Cold War era overview of the region, coverage is centred on the Arabian Peninsula, bounded by Greece (NW), the USSR-China border (NE), the Rann of Kutch (SE), and Libyan Desert (SW) on a 1/5M scale. The inset shows the Nile Delta on a 1/1.25M scale. Details include international boundaries (demarcated, delimited, or de facto), 6 sizes of settlement, major oil pipelines, pumping stations, motorable routes, and 3 gauges of railway. A Glossary broken down by country includes geographical terms translated for Afghanistan, Albania, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Arabia, Egypt, Greece, India and Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Italy Eritrea Libya, Syria and Lebanon, Turkey, and USSR.

Seller Inventory # 6085

Bibliographic Details

• Title: [Map] The Near East
• Publisher: Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, US Army, Washington DC
• Publication Date: 1957
• Language: English
• Binding: No Binding
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Good