Title: Survey of Palestine—North Sheet—Map showing State, Arab & Jewish Owned Land 1945 Description: Palestine—North Sheet—Map showing State, Arab & Jewish Owned Land'. A highly significant official map documenting land ownership in Mandatory Palestine at the close of the Second World War, produced at a pivotal moment in the international debate over the future of the territory. Compiled from surveys by the Survey of Palestine and overprinted in December 1945 with land-ownership data distinguishing State land, Arab-owned land, Jewish privately owned land, and Jewish National Fund land, the map presents a visual summary of competing territorial claims immediately prior to the intensification of diplomatic efforts that would culminate in the United Nations debates of 1947. The map was published in the charged political context of the final years of the British Mandate. In the aftermath of the Holocaust and the displacement of European Jewry, pressure mounted for the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, while Arab opposition to partition and large-scale Jewish immigration hardened. Land ownership—its extent, distribution, and legal status—became a central evidentiary tool in arguments advanced by British officials, Zionist organisations, Arab representatives, and, shortly afterwards, the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP). By presenting ownership patterns in a clear, colour-coded form across northern Palestine, including the coastal plain, Galilee, and inland agricultural regions, this map functioned not merely as a cartographic record but as a political instrument. It provided a factual basis—contested and interpreted in different ways—for discussions of feasibility, equity, and territorial division. In this sense, it stands as a preparatory document to the partition plans that would emerge in 1947, illustrating the geographic realities that underpinned one of the most consequential diplomatic debates of the twentieth century. Large in scale, officially produced, and dense with information, the map is a powerful artefact of the transition from wartime administration to post-war geopolitics, capturing the moment when the question of Palestine moved decisively from imperial governance to international resolution—and conflict. . Base map compiled, drawn & printed by Survey of Palestine. Land Ownership Overprints drawn and printed by No 1 Base Survey Drawing and Photo Process Office from information supplied by G. Branch H.Q. Palestine. Published 1945 - Based map compiled August 1944. Overprint December 1945 from State information dated 1936 & Jewish information dated 31 December 1944.. Large colour Palestine land owership survey map. Size 90 x 63 cm | 35.5 x 24.5 inches. Condition: Good; suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Please contact us if you would like to arrange to view this map. This is a folding map. There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain. Tags: 1945, Israel, Israel | Palestine | Holy Land, Map, Palestine, Survey of Palestine
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