Islam, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS206 .A73 1635, 459 Ar11
De nonnvllis orientalivm vrbibvs, necnon indigenarum religione ac moribus, tractatus brevis. A Gabr. Sionita ... ac Joanne Hesronita.--De moribus... Show moreDe nonnvllis orientalivm vrbibvs, necnon indigenarum religione ac moribus, tractatus brevis. A Gabr. Sionita ... ac Joanne Hesronita.--De moribus atque institutis Tvrcarvm Arabvm, aliarumque, quæ Mahumedem sequuntur, gentium. Operâ & studio Christophori Richerii.--Ex Joannis Cotovici Vltraiectini Itinerario hierosolymitano et syriaco, de sacris, ritibus, moribus & institutis Mahometæorum, excerpta.--Excerpta ex Lvdovici Godofredi Archontologia cosmica.--Arabiæ topographia & alia, ex Adriani Romani Theatro vrbium excerpta.--Wolfangi Drechsleri Historia Arabvm.--Appendix sive Excerpta ex Muhammedis Alfergani Astronomicis ... Accedunt præaterea varia per Arabiam itinera, in quibus multa notatu digna enarrantur. Engraved t.p. Running title: Vrbes et mores orientalivm. Main Heritage Shelves General DS206 .A73 1635 Book Item-ID: i15534881 BIB-ID: 1007445 Show less
Historical geography, Historical geography--Maps, Civilization, Ancient--Maps, Civilization, Ancient--Maps--Early works to 1800, Civilization, Historical geography--Maps, Maps, Maps, G7420 1635 .B5
This is a decorative and detailed map of Persia by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, The map was published in Amsterdam and is dated 1635. The map Persia... Show moreThis is a decorative and detailed map of Persia by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, The map was published in Amsterdam and is dated 1635. The map Persia extending from the Eastern Mediterranean to Tacalistan and the Indus River with the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in the South and Caspian and Tartaria in the North. The focus on the map is on Persia, but includes areas of present day Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. Hundreds of towns and cities are noted as well as rivers, lakes, and mountain ranges. A decorative title cartouche shows three Persian gentlemen, two of which hold a spear and sword also a sailing ship roams the Arabian Sea. [Willem Janszoon Blaeu]. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in: Novus Atlas, das ist Abbildung vnd Beschreibung von allen Ländern des Erdreichs, gantz vernewt vnd verbessert. Amsterdam, 1635. 2 v. (v.2, map no. 183). Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00241 Print Map Item-ID: i11400559 BIB-ID: 1843971 Show less
Auct. Guiljelmo Blaeuw. The map shows bird's eye views of major African cities across the top border. These include Tangiers, Ceuta, Algiers, Tunis,... Show moreAuct. Guiljelmo Blaeuw. The map shows bird's eye views of major African cities across the top border. These include Tangiers, Ceuta, Algiers, Tunis, Alexandria, Cairo, the island of Mozambique, the mine at St. George in Guinea, and the Canary Islands. The sides have ethnographic depictions of the peoples of Africa, from top left: Moroccans, Senegalese, traders in Guinea, Congolese, Egyptians, Ethiopians, Mozambicans, the King of Madagascar, and those of the Cape of Good Hope. Relief shown pictorially Second (c. 1621 - 1635) or possibly third (c.1645) state of Blaue's map of Africa. See Betz (Mapping of Africa) #57.2, p; Tooley (Collectors' Guide to Maps of Africa ....) p. 29; Norwich (Maps of Africa) #32. Map of African continent with the Arabian peninsula marked with double coloured borders. Depiction of monsters, piranhas and ships at the sea. This carte - a - figures contain 3 pannels of vignette; the pannel depicts panoramic views of important towns of the continent; Tangier, Ceuta, Algiers, Tunis, Alexandria, Cairo, Mozambique, St. Georgeus della Mina and the Canaries. The left and right pannel are shown with individual costumed figures (in couples, man and wife); moroccans, Guineans, Senegalese, Congos, Egyptians, Abyssinians, Mozambiquean, Madagascar, ... panciled maps of this kind are very rare. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00917 Print Map Item-ID: i11402416 BIB-ID: 1172584 Show less
Historical geography, Historical geography--Maps, Civilization, Ancient--Maps, Civilization, Ancient--Maps--Early works to 1800, Civilization, Historical geography--Maps, Maps, Maps, G7420 1635 .B5
This is a decorative and detailed map of Persia by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, The map was published in Amsterdam and is dated 1635. The map Persia... Show moreThis is a decorative and detailed map of Persia by Willem Janszoon Blaeu, The map was published in Amsterdam and is dated 1635. The map Persia extending from the Eastern Mediterranean to Tacalistan and the Indus River with the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf in the South and Caspian and Tartaria in the North. The focus on the map is on Persia, but includes areas of present day Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. Hundreds of towns and cities are noted as well as rivers, lakes, and mountain ranges. A decorative title cartouche shows three Persian gentlemen, two of which hold a spear and sword also a sailing ship roams the Arabian Sea. [Willem Janszoon Blaeu]. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in: Novus Atlas, das ist Abbildung vnd Beschreibung von allen Ländern des Erdreichs, gantz vernewt vnd verbessert. Amsterdam, 1635. 2 v. (v.2, map no. 183). Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00241 Print Map Item-ID: i11400559 BIB-ID: 1843971 Show less
Guiljelmus et Iohannes Blaeu. Coordonnées géographiques restituées approximativement. Cartouches du titre et de la dédicace ill. et col. Carte... Show moreGuiljelmus et Iohannes Blaeu. Coordonnées géographiques restituées approximativement. Cartouches du titre et de la dédicace ill. et col. Carte similaire à : Blaeu (Willem Janszoon eJohannes) / Novus Atlas, das ist Abbildung und Beschreibung von allen Ländern des Erdreichs ; vol. II, das Türkische Reich, [pl. 78] . - Amsterdami, 1635 (d'après "The AE Nordenskiöld Collection, vol.1, p. 37). Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00050 Print Map Item-ID: i17065550 BIB-ID: 1525215 Show less
This Detailed map example of the Turkish Empire at its height including territories in Balkans, Anatolia, Levant, North Africa, Extends from Sicily... Show moreThis Detailed map example of the Turkish Empire at its height including territories in Balkans, Anatolia, Levant, North Africa, Extends from Sicily and Italy in the West to the Black & Caspian Seas in the North and the Gulf of Aden, Red Sea and Saudi Arabia peninsula in the South and centered on Cyprus. Willem Janszoon started the map publishing business of the Blaeu family in Amsterdam in 1599. With the Mercator plates he acquired, he published Atlantis Appendix in 1630 and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum in 1635. After his death, his son Joan Blaeu (1596 - 1673) published the Atlas Major which they have been working on. This Atlas is considered the most magnificent work of its kind. Relief shown pictorially. Bar scales given in "milliaria Germanica communia." Note in lower left hand corner indicates it was printed by Jan Jansson Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00033 Print Map Item-ID: i11401370 BIB-ID: 1787640 Show less
Relief shown pictorially Atlas map Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00363 Print Map Item-ID: i23823720 BIB-ID: 2535341 Show moreRelief shown pictorially Atlas map Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00363 Print Map Item-ID: i23823720 BIB-ID: 2535341 Show less