Old Map of Southwest Asia & Middle East by Bartholomew, 1922: WWI mandates, Shipping Routes, Hormuz, Suez Size:32x40in (80x100cm) Immerse yourself in the intricate

Immerse yourself in the intricate geopolitics of the Cold War with this meticulously detailed political map

Purpose: Created as a promotional item for the Chicago World's Fair of 1933

showcasing the extensive railway and steamship networks that connected burgeoning cities and remote regions alike

a city poised for transformation as it embraced its role as a gateway to the Pacific and beyond

The appearance of the Mukuntuweap River nods to the area’s earlier designation as Mukuntuweap National Monument (1909)

Old Map of Southwest Asia & Middle East by Bartholomew, 1922: WWI mandates, Shipping Routes, Hormuz, Suez Size:32x40in (80x100cm) Immerse yourself in the intricateSouth western Asia, the 1922 regional plate by J. G. Bartholomew for The Edinburgh Geographical Institute and John Bartholomew & Son, Ltd., captures a world recalibrating after the First World War. The title alone signals the sweep: from the Anatolian highlands and the Levant to the Persian Gulf, the Arabian Peninsula, and the northwestern marches of the Indian subcontinent. Bartholomews hallmark balance of science and elegance frames a dense tableau