Ottoman road and rail map of the Hejaz

[Hejaz Railway]. Celail-i asar-i seniyye-i hazret-i Hilafet-penahi'den Hamidiye Hicaz Demiryolunu irae eder haritadir [Map of the Hamidiye (cavalry) Hejaz Railroad].

$670.00

Rare Ottoman road and rail map of the Hejaz, produced shortly before the First World War, including the Sinai Peninsula, parts of Egypt, the Red Sea, and the Mediterranean. Roads and rail transportation ways are indicated in detail. It shows the Hejaz Railway with tracks running as far south as Medina and various projected but never-realized extensions southwards to Mecca. The map also indicates Egyptian railway routes from Alexandria, Damiette and Port Said southward.

Horizontal tear repaired on the verso with archival tape. A rare survival.