Description and travel, DS412 .I263 1819, 425.4 Ib5d
ex arabico Ebn Batutae Itinerario edita ; interpretatione et annotationibus instructa per Henricum Apetz. Ibn Batutta's description of Malabar,... Show moreex arabico Ebn Batutae Itinerario edita ; interpretatione et annotationibus instructa per Henricum Apetz. Ibn Batutta's description of Malabar, south-western India. Original Arabic text, edited with a Latin translation and annotations by the Jena oriental scholar and entomologist Johann Heinrich Gottfried Apetz (1794-1857), a student of L. G. Kosegarten, to whom this effort is dedicated. - Ibn Battuta's famous "Rihla" (literally, "The Journey") is considered one of the most significant Mediaeval eyewitness accounts of the Middle East. Over a period of thirty years, the Muslim Moroccan explorer Abu-‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Batutah (1304-77?) visited most of the known Islamic world, including North Africa, the Horn of Africa, West Africa, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in the West, to the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and China in the East - a distance surpassing his near-contemporary Marco Polo. He journeyed more than 75,000 miles, a figure unsurpassed by any individual explorer until the coming of the Steam Age some 450 years later, and is considered one of the greatest travellers of all time. After returning home from his travels in 1354, Ibn Battuta dictated an account of his journeys to Ibn Juzayy, a scholar whom he had previously met in Granada. The account is the only source for Ibn Battuta's adventures. For centuries his book was obscure, even within the Muslim world, but in the early 19th century extracts were published in German and English based on manuscripts discovered in the Middle East, containing abridged versions of Ibn Juzayy's Arabic text. - Slight browning and duststaining; ownership "S. H. Lewin" (dated 1828) on t. p. Main Heritage Compact General DS412 .I263 1819 Book Item-ID: i16843642 BIB-ID: 1509208 Show less
Avctore, Christiano Adrichomio, Delpho. Main Heritage Shelves General DS109 .A37 1600 Book Item-ID: i2225559x BIB-ID: 2383959 Show moreAvctore, Christiano Adrichomio, Delpho. Main Heritage Shelves General DS109 .A37 1600 Book Item-ID: i2225559x BIB-ID: 2383959 Show less
auctore Brocardo Monacho ... ; De Nouis Insulis nuper repertis, & de moribus incolarum earundem per Petrum Martyrum, etc. Main Heritage Shelves General ... Show moreauctore Brocardo Monacho ... ; De Nouis Insulis nuper repertis, & de moribus incolarum earundem per Petrum Martyrum, etc. Main Heritage Shelves General DS109 .B83 1536 Book Item-ID: i21956662 BIB-ID: 2346548 Show less
Travel, Description and travel, DS109 .B83 1587, 915.694043
avctore Borchardo, monacho Germano, familiæ Dominicanæ, quem vixisse accepimus circa annum Iesu Christi M. CC. XXCIII. Item Itinerarivm... Show moreavctore Borchardo, monacho Germano, familiæ Dominicanæ, quem vixisse accepimus circa annum Iesu Christi M. CC. XXCIII. Item Itinerarivm Hierosolymitanvm Bartholomæi de Saligniaco : qui ambo commentarij secundum literas sacras cum recentem Hierosolymitanam ... "Itinerarium hierosolymitanum has special title-page; also published in 1593 under title: Itinerarivm Sacrae Scriptvrae."--National union catalog pre-1956 imprints. Main Heritage Shelves General DS109 .B83 1587 Book Item-ID: i23461573 BIB-ID: 2505497 Show less
authore Iacobo Zieglero Landauo Bauaro ; Holmiæ plane regiæ vrbis calamitosissima clades ab eodem descripta. Terrae Sanctae altera descripio, ivxta... Show moreauthore Iacobo Zieglero Landauo Bauaro ; Holmiæ plane regiæ vrbis calamitosissima clades ab eodem descripta. Terrae Sanctae altera descripio, ivxta ordinem alphabeti, quæ ad scripturam proxime directa est, utilissima etiam plebeio lectori / authore Vuolffgango Vueissenburgio ... Index, totius operis locupletissimus ... Elenchuvs, quo libro / capite Bibliorum ... Main Heritage Shelves General DS107 .Z54 1536 Book Item-ID: i23461457 BIB-ID: 2505486 Show less
Pegasus (Greek mythology) -- Pictorial works -- Early works to 1800. Asia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Shows: Asia portrayed as Pegasus, the winged horse of Perseus. The head is Turkey and Armenia, the wings Scythia and Tartary, forelegs Arabia, hind... Show moreShows: Asia portrayed as Pegasus, the winged horse of Perseus. The head is Turkey and Armenia, the wings Scythia and Tartary, forelegs Arabia, hind legs India and the Malay Peninsula. From Bünting's Itinerarium Sacrae Scripturae [Magdeburg : H. Bünting, 1581]. Head of map: Septentrio [=North].. Foot of map: Meridies [=South]. Text on foot of map: "Iesus Christus magnus ille Belleropontes ..." Text on verso: Kurze erklerung dieses fliegenden Pferdes, oder Pegasi ...In dieser nachfolgenden Tafel findet der guetige Leser Asiam ... Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00550 Print Map Item-ID: i11401898 BIB-ID: 1172532 Show less
ex descriptione Benedicti Ariae Montani. Ill. : navires à voiles, monstre marin. Carte publiée dans le vol. 8 de la "Biblia regia", bible polyglotte... Show moreex descriptione Benedicti Ariae Montani. Ill. : navires à voiles, monstre marin. Carte publiée dans le vol. 8 de la "Biblia regia", bible polyglotte commandée par Philippe II à Arias Montanus, et publiée à Anvers en 1571-1572. This map covers the Holy Land which is much projected towards westward. The Red Sea and Persian Gulf sea are much wider, leaving the Arabia (peninsula) thinner. Only Northern part of Arabia is shown. Towns represented by castles and circle, mountains shown pictorially. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00456 Print Map Item-ID: i11401254 BIB-ID: 1172468 Show less
Oriented with north to the lower left. Shows distribution of the tribes. Inset: oval map of ancient Jerusalem, "Hierosolymas veteris imago." Along... Show moreOriented with north to the lower left. Shows distribution of the tribes. Inset: oval map of ancient Jerusalem, "Hierosolymas veteris imago." Along sides and bottom: 16 vignettes of biblical objects. Plan of the Temple in the lower left corner and view of the Temple in the lower right corner. Printed on two sheets joined. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00489 Print Map Item-ID: i11401734 BIB-ID: 2762472 Show less
Coasts--Maps, Coasts--Africa, Southern--Maps--Early works to 1800
Arnoldus F. à Langren delineavit & scalpsit. Relief shown pictorially. Detached from: Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan Huygen van... Show moreArnoldus F. à Langren delineavit & scalpsit. Relief shown pictorially. Detached from: Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan Huygen van Linschoten naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien. Companion map to Typus orarum maritimarum Guineae, Manicongo, & Angôlae ultra promontorium Bonae Spei ... Includes decorative strapwork cartouche, compass roses and navigation hazards. This finely engraved map is elaborated by title-pieces,compass-roses, and lettering performed by Arnold van Langren. Vignette of Prester John the legendary christian King is depicted just inside above the map. Scale: Milliaria Germanica, 50. Hispanicae 17,1/2 uni Gradiu competentia, 180. [low. middle] Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00347 Print Map Item-ID: i11400961 BIB-ID: 1172439 Title in Latin and Dutch. Place names in Latin and Portuguese. Show less
Coasts--Maps, Coasts--Africa, Southern--Maps--Early works to 1800, G8480 1596 .L5
This is a highly decorative map of the southwestern coast of Africa with early color. The scale is in German miles and Spanish leagues. There are... Show moreThis is a highly decorative map of the southwestern coast of Africa with early color. The scale is in German miles and Spanish leagues. There are coastal views of the islands of Ascension and St. Helena within a strap work cartouche at the bottom of the map and two compass roses. The title cartouche is decorated with birds, fruit and scroll-work, the sea is decorated with ships and a sea-creature, and the land is decorated with animals and mythical creatures. Also this map covers the western coast of Africa from the Gulf of Guinea to just beyond the Cape of Good Hope with excellent detail along the coastline. This map superbly engraved in the Flemish style by Florent van Langren, and the first Dutch edition of Linschoten's "Itinerario..." was published by Cornelis Claesz in 1596. Arnoldus F. á Langren delineauit, & scalpsit. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the author's Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan Huygen van Linschoten naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien. Companion map to Delineatio orarum maritimarum, terrae vulgo indigetatae terra do Natal item Sofalae, Mozambicae & Melindae ... Includes views of Ascension Island and Saint Helena, decorative cartouche and compass roses, and col. ill. Has watermark. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00240 Print Map Item-ID: i11400547 BIB-ID: 1843969 Title in Latin and English. Place names in Latin and Portuguese. Show less
Double-page engraved twin-hemispherical world map, elaborate strap work borders, armillary sphere, compass rose, galleon and sea monster, all hand... Show moreDouble-page engraved twin-hemispherical world map, elaborate strap work borders, armillary sphere, compass rose, galleon and sea monster, all hand-colored by a contemporary hand, French text on verso, Rumold Mercator's world map condensed his father's great world map of 1569 into double hemispherical form. It first appeared in Isaac Casaubon's edition of Strabo's Geographia (Geneva, 1587), and was then incorporated into editions of Mercator's atlas from 1595 to 1630 with the plate unchanged, also this Map engraving is a model of clarity and neatness, with typical cursive flourishes to the lettering of the sea names' (Shirley). The North Pole is illustrated as a landmass surrounding a sea from which four rivers radiate, and there is a well depicted North West passage. A huge southern continent and the bulge in the south west coast of South America indicate the influence of Gerard Mercator. Relief shown pictorially. "Duysburghi Clivorum typis aeneis." Plate was engraved in 1587, this impression likely 1619 (note cracks at top edge and French text on verso, see R. Shirley, The mapping of the world, p. 179 #157) Decorative border. Hand colored. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00027 Print Map Item-ID: i11400365 BIB-ID: 1787632 Show less
Double-page engraved twin-hemispherical world map, elaborate strap work borders, armillary sphere, compass rose, galleon and sea monster, all hand... Show moreDouble-page engraved twin-hemispherical world map, elaborate strap work borders, armillary sphere, compass rose, galleon and sea monster, all hand-colored by a contemporary hand, French text on verso, Rumold Mercator's world map condensed his father's great world map of 1569 into double hemispherical form. It first appeared in Isaac Casaubon's edition of Strabo's Geographia (Geneva, 1587), and was then incorporated into editions of Mercator's atlas from 1595 to 1630 with the plate unchanged, also this Map engraving is a model of clarity and neatness, with typical cursive flourishes to the lettering of the sea names' (Shirley). The North Pole is illustrated as a landmass surrounding a sea from which four rivers radiate, and there is a well depicted North West passage. A huge southern continent and the bulge in the south west coast of South America indicate the influence of Gerard Mercator. Relief shown pictorially. "Duysburghi Clivorum typis aeneis." Decorative border. Hand colored. Show less