Saudi Arabia.- U.S. Geological Survey (Saudi Arabian Project) Twenty-two

Saudi Arabia.- U.S. Geological Survey (Saudi Arabian Project) Twenty-two maps of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, colour-printed maps, folding into original buff paper envelopes with bilingual printed text to upper cover of each, maps of various sizes, approx. 1030 x 860 mm (40 1/2 x 33 3/4 in), each envelope 300 x 234 mm (11 3/4 x 9 1/8 in), some envelopes with splitting and marginal nicks and small losses, Washington D.C., [circa 1958-1962] *** Including the only two sheets of the ground-breaking series covering present day United Arab Emirates. This project was the first to produce a complete series of geological and geographical maps of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and played a decisive role in its emergence as a major world power in the production of natural resources.

Estimate:£2,000

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