The principal oil regions of Iran mapped
Geological Maps and Sections of South-West Persia. International Geological Congress. Proceedings of the 20th Session Mexico 1956.
Atlas. 2 ff., 17 colour maps and charts. Scale: 1:1,000,000. Various formats: ca. 620 x 875 - 620 x 1270 mm. In original giltstamped green portfolio, ca. 640 x 910 mm.
€ 9,500.00
Published by the British Petroleum Company Ltd. (today, BP) to mark the occasion of the 20th International Geological Congress, this monumental collection of 17 large colour maps covers some of the most important and oil-rich regions of Iran. Based on surveys carried out by the Anglo-Persian/Anglo-Iranian Oil Company between 1909 and 1951, marking 50 years since the 1901 D'Arcy concession. Dedicated (in print) to the late George Martin Lees, for 23 years the chief geologist of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
The southwest of Iran saw the first ever oil strike in the country's history, when in 1908 a group of British geologists discovered oil at Masjed Soleyman - not only the first commercial discovery in Iran, but the first of all the oil-producing countries of West Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. Few accidents of geography have had such a thorough and global effect on world history as those of the oil regions of south-west Iran.
The seventeen large maps illustrate vital stratigraphic information, colour-coded and in great detail, including cross sections and stratigraphical columns. Regions covered include Kermanshah, Tehran, Bushire, Kerman, Tahiri and Bandar 'Abbas, Khurramabad, Dezful, Behbehan, Deh Bid, Shiraz, Niriz, and the Strait of Hormuz.
A high-quality set, of importance to the economic history of Iran and the whole of the oil-producing zones of the Middle East.
Withdrawn from the University of Exeter, Deparment of Geology. Their stamp of ownership to each chart.
Slightly creased. Small flaw to reverse of last chart where it was pasted to the portfolio. Otherwise very well preserved.
OCLC 2770487.
