Syrien und Mesopotamien zur Darstellung der Reise des Dr. Max Freiherrn von Oppenheim vom Mittelmeere zum Persischen Golf, 1893. II. Öestliches Blatt.
Berlin, Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen), 1915.
Colour-printed map. Ca. 92 x 70 cm. Constant ratio linear horizontal scale 1:850,000. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
$272.00
German map of Mesopotamia printed during the early years of the First World War, showing the travel route of Max Oppenheim during his 1893-94 journey from Cairo through the Syrian desert and Mesopotamia to Basra. Eastern sheet, reaching from Diyarbakir in south-eastern Anatolia to Kerbala and Babylon in Iraq. Includes populated places, roads, and trails, with the railways updated to 1915.
Folded; a few edge tears. Formerly in the collections of the Geographical Institute of the University of Berlin with their stamps and shelfmarks. Well preserved.
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OCLC 179717182.
