Arabian Peninsula

£11,500 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

large scale map of the Arabian Peninsula The first edition, English language issue of this large-scale chromolithographed map of the Arabian Peninsula. Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Arabian-American Oil Company (Aramco), also capturing in detail the modern-day territories of Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen. The map is the result of a decade-long collaboration between the United States Geological Survey (USGS), who had been approached by King 'Abd al-'Aziz in 1944 for technical assistance in plotting the region's natural resources, the Saudi government, and Aramco. Brown (1911-2001), who had expertise conducting groundwater surveys in Mississippi and Colorado, was selected to lead the project, arriving in 'Saudi Arabia early in 1945... His report on the results of [the] investigation [into water supplies in the Al-Kharj desert] was very enthusiastically received by Saudi officials... [and he returned at the King's request] to conduct reconnaissance geologic mapping, mineral evaluation, and water-resource studies in the western and central parts of the kingdom. The mapping was carried forward from 1950 to 1958 by [Brown] with USGS and Saudi associates and extended to the entire Arabian Peninsula in cooperation with the Arabian American Oil Company' (Geological Society of America). The result was a comprehensive series of geological and geographic surveys, the first of their type in the Arabian Penins

• Binding: Hardcover

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