Travel, Atlases, Maps & Natural History
Travel, Atlases, Maps & Natural History
![View full screen - View 1 of Lot 91. KUWAIT | Geologic Map of the State of Kuwait, [c.1966].](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/482f183/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2000x1473+0+0/resize/385x284!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F0c%2F0f%2Fe5d6c570438eaab33177dd00e98e%2Fl20405-bn8zr-1.jpg)
Lot Closed
November 17, 02:31 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
KUWAIT, MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Synoptic Geologic Map of the State of Kuwait [title and text in English and Arabic]. Austria: Freytag-Berndt & Artaria for the Government of Kuwait, [c.1966]
folding colour-printed map on paper (850 x 1210mm.), scale 1:250,000, title and text in Arabic and English
A FINE EXAMPLE OF A SCARCE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF KUWAIT, showing international borders, transportation, pipelines and settlements. This is one of the earliest maps of Kuwait following its independence from Great Britain in 1961.
![KUWAIT | Geologic Map of the State of Kuwait, [c.1966]](https://dam.sothebys.com/dam/image/lot/ac839998-53fb-4ee6-899f-ca9120d7f372/primary/extra_small)