Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

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

1828 Malte-Brun Map of Turkey in Asia (Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Turkey)

This is an attractive example of the 1828 Malte-Brun map of Turkey in Asia. The map covers from the Black Sea to Arabia, inclusive Cyprus. Centered on the Holy land (Palestine / Israel), the map covers the modern day countries of Turkey, Cyprus, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. The boundary between Europe and Asia is also depicted. Various, important rivers, islands, cities and other topographical details are noted. 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. This is an uncommon 1588 Ptolemaic map of Persia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan issued for Girolamo Ruscelli's Italian edition of the Geografia di Tolomeo . Cartographically Ruscelli based this map on interpretations of Claudius Ptolemy's Geographica by Bernard Sylvanus and Sebastian Munster. The map covers the regions between the ancient Parthia and the Indus River valley and between Aria (Herat), and the Indian Ocean. This is an uncommon 1588 Ptolemaic map of Persia issued for Girolamo Ruscelli's Italian edition of the Geografia di Tolomeo . Cartographically Ruscelli based this map on interpretations of Claudius Ptolemy's Geographica by Bernard Sylvanus and Sebastian Munster. The map covers the regions between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf, or what is today eastern Iraq and western Iran. 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. An unusual and beautiful 1823 manuscript map of Persia and Afghanistan (Iran) in antiquity. The map generally follows the historical atlas work of the English cartographer James Wyld however is a fully independent and unique hand rendered production. The manuscript geographical data and detail throughout is altogether outstanding and completed in a fine hand adept at decorative text and the rendering of rivers and mountains. A beautiful example of the American map publisher Samuel Augustus Mitchell Jr.�s 1872 map of Turkey, Persia, Beloochistan and Afghanistan. Covers the modern day nations of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Afghanistan. Inset in the lower left quadrant features Palestine or the Holy Land. The map depicts the last days of the Ottoman Empire, whose influence, though rapidly declining, still dominated much of the Middle East. This is Karl von Spruner's 1854 historical map of Asia Minor, Iran, Iraq, and the Caucuses during the hegemony of the Byzantine Empire. The map covers from Georgia south to Syria and includes the modern day countries of Turkey, Syria, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and parts of Iran and Iraq. Asia Minor was considered the heartland of the Byzantine Empire during its most powerful years. 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 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. An uncommon and extremely attractive 1852 map of Persia by Victor Levasseur. Set between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf, this map covers all of modern day Iran and Afghanistan as well as parts of adjacent Pakistan, India and Iraq. Throughout, the map identifies various cities, towns, rivers and assortment of additional topographical details. Persia at this time was controlled by the powerful Qajar Dynasty of Shahs. The map features a beautiful frame style border. A fine example of Adam and Charles Black's 1840 map of Persia. Set between the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf, this map covers all of modern day Iran and Afghanistan as well as parts of adjacent Pakistan, and Iraq. Persia at this time was controlled by the powerful Qajar Dynasty of Shahs. This map was engraved by S. Hall for issue in the 1840 edition of Black's General Atlas . An uncommon and unusual map of Persia issued for Martineau du Plessis in 1700. Covering from the Capsian Sea to the Persian Gulf and from Armenia to India and Tartary, this is most likes a re-engraving of Kaerius� c. 1628 map of the region. Cartographically this map is most notable for its misorientation of the Caspian Sea, an error common to maps of the 16th and 17th though rarely the 18th century. A particularly interesting map, this is Karl von Spruner�s 1865 rendering of Persia in antiquity. This map covers the from Caucuses region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, southwards to include the entire Persian Gulf, and eastwards as far as western India and Kashmir. These regions include the modern day countries of Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kuwait, Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, as well as adjacent parts of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Kazakhstan. An exceptionally attractive example of John Pinkerton's rare 1811 map of Persia. Covers from the Black Sea in the northwest to Fergana in the northeast, to the Arabian Desert in the southwest to the Mouths of the Indus in the southeast. Roughly includes the modern day nations of Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. We cannot praise Pinkerton's cartographic work sufficiently. This masterful map offers extraordinary detail, fine engraving, and delicate color work. An extremely attractive example of S. A. Mitchell Sr.�s 1853 map of Turkey in Asia. This map, made when the Ottoman Empire controlled much of the Middle East, covers what is today Turkey, Cyprus, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. Ottoman provinces are color coded and numbered. An inset map in the lower left quadrant shows the environs of Constantinople (Istanbul). Surrounded by the green border common to Mitchell maps from the 1850s. Prepared by S. A.

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Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

1828 Malte-Brun Map of Turkey in Asia (Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Turkey)