Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

Selection of Rare and Antique Maps recently added to the Arabia category of Geographicus Antique Map Gallery.

1850 Cruchley Map of Persia, Arabia and Afghanistan

150.00 USD — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:35:00 +0000

A fine example of the 1850 map of Persia, Arabia and Afghanistan by G. F. Cruchley. Centered on the Persian Gulf, this map covers from the Mediterranean and Red Sea eastward as far as India, including all of modern day Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, and parts of Pakistan. Part of Egypt and eastern Africa are also included, depicting the region dominated by the Ottoman hegemony. A scarce 1776 map of the Persian Gulf by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville. Essentially a nautical chart, this map covers from Basrah to the Straits of Hormuz. D'Anville prepared this map in 1758 to illustrate a lecture presented to the Paris Academie des Belles-Lettres regarding his speculations on the then little known geography of the Persian Gulf. A fine example of Laurie and Whittle�s 1794 nautical chart or maritime map of the southern half of the Red Sea, roughly from Mecca (Jeddah, Geddah), to the Bab el Mandeb Strait (Mocha, Yemen and Assab, Eretria). The map is oriented with east at the top. Though important to global trade, a combination of numerous reefs, an unwelcoming coastline, and unpredictable wind patterns restricted mapping and made navigating the Red Sea exceptionally dangerous for sailing vessels. A fine example of Laurie and Whittle�s 1794 nautical chart or maritime map of the northern half of the Red Sea, roughly from Mecca (Jeddah, Geddah), to Suez. The map is oriented with east at the top. Though important to global trade, a combination of numerous reefs, an unwelcoming coastline, and unpredictable wind patterns made mapping and navigating the Red Sea exceptionally dangerous for sailing ships. A fine example of William Hole's 1614 map of the Middle East issued for Sir Walter Raleigh's Historie of the World . The map covers from the Mediterranean and Cyprus to the Persian Gulf and from the Red Sea to Cappadocia. Hole engraved this map with his typical flair, identifying various Biblical and Historical regions throughout. This is a beautiful example of the 1770 Jean-Baptiste-Claude Delisle de Sales' map of ancient Assyria. Essentially a map of the entire Middle East and Persia, this map covers from the Black Sea to the Gulf of Oman and from the Mediterranean Sea east as far as the western part of India. This area includes the modern day countries of Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Israel, and part of Saudi Arabia and Egypt. This is a fine example of Adam and Charles Black's 1851 Biblical reference map of Greece, Italy, Asia Minor and Lower egypt in antiquity. The map is divided into two parts: The upper map covers the countries traveled by St. Paul, which include Italy, Greece and the Balkans and Asia Minor south as far as Arabia and egypt. The lower map covers Arabia and egypt and follows the journeys of the Israelites, including egypt, centered on the Nile River, and extending south as far as Hermopolis. A curious and uncommon four panel wall map 1786 map of India, Persia, and Arabia by the english publisher M. Postlethwayte. Published in four separate panels, this map can be either joined as a single massive map as assembled, as above, in separate panels. As a whole the map centers on Persia, covering from Istanbul to eastern India and Tibet, and from the Black Sea to the Maldives. Postlethwayte derived this map from the influential French cartographer J. B. B. A fine example of the 1730 Covens and Mortier issue of Guillaume de L'Isle's important 1707 map of Arabia, egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia. Centered on the Red Sea and the Nile Valley, this extraordinary Map covers from the Bight of Benin and the Kingdom of Tunis (Tunisia) eastward as far as the Persian Gulf, inclusive of modern day Saudi Arabia, egypt, ethiopia, Sudan, Libya, Tunisia, the United Arab emirates, Oman, Qatar, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Cyprus, et al. This is a fascinating, significant, beautifully engraved, intricately detailed 1790 map of ethiopia (Abyssinia) and the source of the Blue Nile by the Scottish adventurer James Bruce. Centered on Lake Tana (Tzana), this map covers from the ethiopian capital at Gondar south as far as the Saccala District and the Geesh Abay (Geesh Springs). The map plots Bruce's travels in search of the source of the Blue Nile starting from the ethiopian capital of Gondar. This is an exceptionally fine example of John Thomson�s 1817 map of Arabia, Egypt, and Abyssinia. Centered on the Arabian Peninsula, Thomson�s map covers from the eastern Mediterranean to the Horn of Africa, and from the Libyan Desert to Persia. The whole of this map is beautifully engraved in the minimalist English style pioneered in the early part of the 19th century. Relief is shown by hachure with towns, caravan routes, cities, and major topographical features identified. An uncommon map of the Sinai Peninsula by the classical scholar and cartographer H. Kiepert. Covers from the Red Sea to the Arabian Peninsula. This map is based on the 1838 travels of E. Robinson and E. Smith in this area. Robinson and Smith, in search of unidentified Biblical sites, traveled throughout the Middle East but most particularly in modern day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of north eastern Africa. Covers from the Mediterranean south as far as Mount Kenya, west as far as Tripoli, and east to include most of Arabia. This is one of the first American map to depict Mount Kenya. Shows the explorations of that Arab explorer Mohammad Ali in search of the source of the White Nile.

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1850 Cruchley Map of Persia, Arabia and Afghanistan