COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Ministry of Finance, Egypt
Author:
Egypt. Wizarat al-Maliyah
Author:
Egypt. Maslahat al-Misahah
Date:
1914
Short Title:
Text: (Inside cover) Atlas of Egypt Volume II
Publisher:
Government Press
Publisher Location:
Cairo
Type:
Text Page
Obj Height cm:
54
Obj Width cm:
35
Note:
Shows issuance to Banco di Roma office in Cairo and that the atlas was updated in 1919.
Subject:
Ottoman Mapping
Full Title:
(Text page to) Atlas of Egypt Compiled at the Offices of the Survey Department. Volume I. Lower Egypt Comprising Maps of the Cultivated Area Between the Mediterranean Sea and Cairo. Volume II. Upper Egypt Comprising Maps of the Cultivated Area Between Cairo and the Sudan Boundary.
List No:
10285.090
Series No:
90
Publication Author:
Ministry of Finance, Egypt
Publication Author:
Egypt. Wizarat al-Maliyah
Publication Author:
Egypt. Maslahat al-Misahah
Pub Date:
1914
Pub Title:
Atlas of Egypt Compiled at the Offices of the Survey Department. Volume I. Lower Egypt Comprising Maps of the Cultivated Area Between the Mediterranean Sea and Cairo. Volume II. Upper Egypt Comprising Maps of the Cultivated Area Between Cairo and the Sudan Boundary.
Pub Note:
Only one other copy of this atlas is located in Worldcat. It appears to have been produced in limited numbers for banks and businesses. Sheets dated from 1908 to 1919. Most of the sheets say "Reproduced by the Photo-metal Process at the Survey Department, Egypt." We assume the the British Ordnance Survey had some role in the design of these sheets, given the similarity to the Ordnance Survey sheets of Great Britain made in the same time period and the British influence on the administration of Egypt since the building of the Suez canal. Not all sheets in the key sheet are included in this set - some sheets were not yet ready and others may have been left out because they only showed the desert area. The post binding allowed for updating and adding new sheets. The seven sheets of the Kharga Oasis (204-214) were likely added later. Many of the maps have been trimmed at the top and bottom borders to fit into the binding. The maps show the soon to fade Ottoman influences on the Egyptian landscape.
Pub List No:
10285.000
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Pub Height cm:
54
Pub Width cm:
35
Image No:
10285090.jp2
Authors:
Ministry of Finance, Egypt; Egypt. Wizarat al-Maliyah; Egypt. Maslahat al-Misahah
Link To Source
Text: (Inside cover) Atlas of Egypt Volume II
