Morocco Mapped by Air (Franc)
a massive
infrastructure boom helped make Morocco an attractive place to invest. This
1948 Air France promotional map captures the dream of colon Morocco at its
heyday
The map
depicts the northern two-thirds of the French zone, as well as the Spanish
zone, which is designated by a dotted line just south of the Rif Mountains but
not identified as such. It’s a beautiful print, designed to attract tourists to
come see a Morocco that was still traditional but beginning to show the
hallmarks of paternalist French expertise. There’s a surprising amount of
accurate detail—one can make out the distinct, pentagonal minaret of the
Mazagan (El Jadida) kasbah mosque while the ksour towns of Agdz, Ait Ben
Haddou, and Kelaa M’Gouna actually bear a resemblance to the real things.
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