A children's map of the oilfields of the Near East

CORRIERE DEI PICCOLI.

Le Vie del Petrolio nel Medio Oriente.
Milan, c.1955. Colour-printed map. Sheet 390 x 560mm.

Some reinforcing on verso

A map of the oil pipelines linking the oil fields of Bahrain and Iraq to the ports of the eastern Mediterranean. Insets show the oil and methane producing areas of the world and Italy, how oil piplines are laid and a 'modern' oil-tanker (only capable of carrying 19,000 tons!).
The Corriere dei Piccoli ('Courier of the Little Ones') was published weekly from 1908-95.


Stock ID : 20716