Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

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

1755 Postlethwayte Four Part Map of Turkey, Arabia, Persia, India and Tartary

A curious and uncommon four panel wall map 1755 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 monumental and highly detailed 1786 map of India, Persia, and Arabia by the Austrian cartographer F. A. Scharembl. Centered on Persia, this map covers from Istanbul to eastern India and Tibet, and from the Black Sea to the Maldives. Schraembl derived this map from the influential French cartographer J. B. B. d'Anville's similar map of 1751, which here has been re-engraved, updated, and translated into German. This is Karl von Spruner�s 1854 map of the Arabia, Afghanistan, and Persia. The map covers from the Red Sea to Afghanistan and from the Caspian Sea to the horn of Africa and Northern India. Two inset maps on the lower right corner detail Al Jazeera (a region now part of northwestern Iraq) and Iraq. When this map was made most of the region was dominated by the Ottoman hegemony. The whole is rendered in finely engraved detail exhibiting throughout the fine craftsmanship of the Perthes firm. An uncommon and extremely attractive 1852 map of the Roman Empire. The map shows the extent of the Roman Empire at its height, and covers most of Europe, the Middle East, Persia and parts of north Africa. Throughout, the map identifies various cities, towns, rivers and assortment of additional topographical details. The Empire was established in 27 BC after Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, the grandnephew and heir of Julius Caesar was awarded the honorific title of Augustus. An uncommon and extremely attractive 1852 map of the Empire of Alexander the Great. The map covers from Alexander�s homeland in Macedonia eastwards past Asia Minor and Persia as far as India and south to include Egypt. Both the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea (Pontus Euxin) are included. Throughout, the map identifies various cities, towns, rivers and assortment of additional topographical details. A fine first edition example of M. Lapie�s 1832 map of The Roman Empire. The map shows the extent of the Roman Empire at its height, and covers Britain, Germania, Gaul, Egypt, Africa proper, Spain, Italy and Macedonia. The Empire was established in 27 BC after Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, the grandnephew and heir of Julius Caesar was awarded the honorific title of Augustus. During the time of the Empire, Roman cities flourished. 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. An attractive example of A. J. Johnson and Ross C. Browning's 1861 map of the Roman Empire. Covers all of Europe as well as much of the Middle East, Persia and parts of North Africa. Presents the Roman Empire following the Punic Wars, when it reached at its greatest influence. Insets detail Greece and the Italian peninsula. Uses ancient place names. Features the strapwork style border common to Johnson�s atlas work from 1860 to 1863. Published by A. J. 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. This is a gorgeously colored c. 1790 map that purports to show the colonies of the descendants of Ham. Ham appears in Genesis where he is of the sons of Noah. Following the flood Ham walks into Noah�s tent and sees his sleeping father naked. When Noah awoke and heard of this misdeed he curses Ham and his descendants � who settled in Egypt and the near east. This map covers from from Mauritania in the west to Arabia and Persia in the east, Italy in the north and Ethiopia in the south. This is an 1839 C.V. Monin map of the Dispersal of the Hebrew Peoples After the Flood. This beautifully drawn map covers the lands occupied by the modern day countries of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel and Iraq. The travels the sons of Noah are indicated by color: the descendants of Sem (Shem) in red, the descendants of Ham in blue, and Japhet (Japheth) in green. Minor topographical detail shown, such as mountain ranges, and major cities labeled. 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. An unusual and attractive 1658 map of the Indian Ocean, or Erythraean Sea, as it was in antiquity. Composed by Jan Jansson after a similar 1597 map published by A. Ortelius in his Parergon . Covers from Egypt and the Nile valley eastward past Arabia and India, to Southeast Asia and Java. Cartographically, India, Arabia, and Africa roughly correspond to the conventions of the period. Southeast Asia is less recognizable, but the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Java are clearly noted. 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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Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

1755 Postlethwayte Four Part Map of Turkey, Arabia, Persia, India and Tartary