Southern Nejd: Routes from Riyadh & Wadi Dawasir. St. John Philby. RGS 1920 map
£280
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'Southern Nejd: Routes between Riyadh and Wadi Dawasir from surveys by H. St. J. B. Philby, C.I.E., I.C.S., 1918'
A detailed exploration map of the southern Nejd in central Arabia, illustrating routes between Riyadh and Wadi Dawasir surveyed in 1918 by H. St. J. B. Philby, C.I.E., I.C.S. and published by the Royal Geographical Society in The Geographical Journal in 1920. Compiled from Philby’s own field surveys, the map records wadis, wells, settlements, routes, and relief across a remote and little-mapped region at a critical moment in the consolidation of Ibn Saud’s power. Harry St John Bridger Philby was one of the most influential British Arabists and explorers of the period, later becoming a close adviser to Ibn Saud and converting to Islam; he was also the father of Kim Philby, notorious British Intelligence officer, Soviet double agent, and member of the Cambridge Five. The map reflects Britain’s strategic and scholarly interest in Arabia in the aftermath of the First World War and remains an important primary document of early twentieth-century exploration. Scarce as a separately issued plate and highly desirable for collectors of Arabia, exploration, and RGS material.
Size 45 x 35 cm | 17.5 x 14.0 inches
Date Published: April 1920
Type: Antique Royal Geographical Society map with related text pages
Author: Royal Geographical Society
Publication: The Geographical Journal
Condition: Good |
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