The Daily Telegraph War Map of Egypt and the Near East (Number 6) 1918

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Old map of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Egypt, Eritrea, Georgia, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey.

day states of the Persian Gulf states are labeled "East India Co (Brit)." Railroad routes, both actual and proposed, roads, and tracks are marked. Inset maps depict the Sinai Peninsula and surrounding countries and the wider Southwest Asia region. The map probably was distributed with The Daily Telegraph newspaper. It was published by Geographia, a British firm that issued numerous war maps between 1914 and 1918, described in advertising as "the most extensive series of popular-priced war maps issued." Maps were sold as single sheets, as this one, or in folding pocket editions. Geographia was founded in 1911 by cartographer Alexander Gross. He was by all accounts a colorful personality, "a truculent Hungarian immigrant." His daughter, the successful commercial mapmaker Phyllis Pearsall, called him "an impossible father (loved in retrospect)." After the war, Geographia went into bankruptcy and Gross immigrated to New York, where he reestablished his business. In the 1930s, Pearsall continued the map company in London as Geographers' A-Z Map Company.
Created by Alexander Gross, The Daily Telegraph in 1918.

Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
"Scale about 1:4,500,000"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
Original resource extent: 1 map : color ; 85 x 54 centimeters, folded to 19 x 12 centimeters.
Original resource at: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
Content in English.
Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

The Daily Telegraph War Map of Egypt and the Near East (Number 6) 1918

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