UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.

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Abords de Abou Dhabi (Abu Zabi), Dubai (Dubayy) et Sharjah (Ash Shariqah). A bright map of these major ports in the United Arab Emirates. This was a working copy, as a former owner has made multiple chart corrections in purple pen with data from 1985 to 1991. They have also scratched off details which became incorrect, such as the previous locations of buoys. We have traced only one other copy in commerce.The late 1980s was a period of great economic and infrastructural growth in the UAE. Ports such as Mina Zayed, Rashid, and Khalid (all visible on this map) saw ever greater numbers of cargo ships dock in their waters, leading to a spike in both oil and non-oil trade revenue. Over time they were transformed into container terminals to reflect the dominant mode of transportation, while customs laws simultaneously grew stricter. By 1991, Port Rashid and Jebel Ali were brought together under the state-owned Dubai Ports Authority.The map was first released in 1978, although we have traced no copies of this edition.

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