Feature Points VINTAGE MAP REPRODUCTION: You?ll love this high quality historic reproduction of 1885 Egypt Map Poster. Our museum quality prints are archival grade, which means it will look great and last without fading for over 100 years. Our print to order maps are made in the USA and each map is inspected for quality. This beautiful artwork is a perfect addition to your themed decor. Vintage maps look great in the home, study or office. They make a perfect gift as well. MUSEUM QUALITY: This high quality map print will be a great addition to your vintage-themed wall. Don't waste money on cheap-looking, thin paper posters. We use thick, fine art print quality matte paper. Our professional?s choice matte paper displays artwork in high detail without glare. The color is vibrant and text is easy to read. When framed, this map looks absolutely stunning. A LOOK BACK AT HISTORY: This is an impressive, historic reproduction of 1885 Ancient Egypt Poster Saudi Arabia Map. A true piece of history. See our product description section for more fascinating information about this historic map and its significance. READY TO FRAME: This print includes a 0.2 inch border for a perfect frame fit and look. Our maps are designed to fit easy-to-find standard frame sizes, saving you money from having to pay for a custom frame. Each map is inspected for quality and shipped in a rigid tube. HISTORIX: We love history and art. Sometimes old maps have tears, folds, separations and other blemishes. We digitally restore and enhance maps while keeping its historical character. All our maps are proudly made in the USA. Customers all over the world love our vintage maps and we know you will too. Additional Information Produced and published by Royal geographer John George Bartholomew this depiction of Egypt in the years following the Anglo-Egyptian War show the region in a period of significant growth, transformation, and modernization as the close of the nineteenth century neared. The completion of the Suez Canal in 1869 had expanded shipping routes connecting Europe with Southeast Asia while avoiding the costly journey around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. The British victory in the war would influence the regions? culture, economy, and government until Egypt gained independence from Britain in 1922. The latter portion of the nineteenth century saw significant investment in the region, and Egypt experienced a period of economic prosperity. Bartholomew came from a long lineage of cartographers and came to be known as ?Cartographer to the King.? His Times Survey Atlas of the World would become the most successful atlas project of the twentieth century. His work is celebrated for its incredible detail, accuracy and is among some of the most essential cartographic works produced in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A memorial for Bartholomew stands in the Dean Cemetery in his birthplace of Edinburgh. On the one-hundredth anniversary of his death, Scotland proclaimed Bartholomew the cartographer that put ?Edinburgh on the map.? Bartholomew pioneered the use of layering color contours on maps to depict elevation and grade changes. His work also predicted the rise of the automobile, and he was one of the earliest producers of road maps and railway timetable maps. Our museum quality giclee print comes printed with archival ink on premium heavyweight matte paper. Shipped in a sturdy cardboard tube your print will arrive ready to be framed. This eye-catching vintage map reproduction print makes the perfect gift for anyone that loves history and imagery.