Blaeu, Willem Janszoon 1571-1638 cartographic map cartographic image Early maps. ne 1635 monographic Amsterdami [Amesterdam] : [Guiljelmus et Johannes Blaeu], [1635] lat

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1 map : hand colored ; 48 x 36 cm

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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 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. No Known Copyright No Known Copyright [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 ar----- Scale approximately 1:6,500,000. Historical geography Maps Civilization, Ancient Maps Early works to 1800 Middle East Civilization To 622 Maps Middle East Maps Early works to 1800 Middle East Historical geography Maps Early works to 1800 Iran Maps Early works to 1800 Iraq Maps Early works to 1800 Arabian Peninsula Maps Early works to 1800 Asia, Central Maps Early works to 1800 G7420 1635 .B5 Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673 NEW rda QAFCL 150510 20150517021307.0 ocm00000NEW Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng