Arabia

Arabia Blaeu, Willem Janszoon 1571-1638 Blaeu, Joan 1596-1673 cartographic map cartographic image Pictorial maps. ne 1662 monographic [Amsterdam] : [Joan Blaeu], [1662] lat 1 map ; 42 x 53 cm No Known Copyright No Known Copyright Relief shown pictorially. A 1662 Latin map of Arabia, a copy of an earlier map by Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638). Original copy is hand-colored double-page engraved map with large pictorial cartouche depecting figures, camels, and ships. One of the first maps to show internal features of the Arabian Peninsula. Mountains are depicted, oases denoted by trees, and points used to indicate pearl deposits in the Arabian Gulf. Dotted lines to show international borders. The Red Sea is denoted by three Latin names: Mare Rubrum, Mare Mecca, and Sinus Arabicus (Arabian Gulf) ; Sinus Persicus, and Mare Elcatif (al-Qatif Sea) for the Persian Gulf. LC copy imperfect: Annotated in pencil "From Bleau. Geographia quae est Cosmographia Blaviana, Amsterdam, 1662?" Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00127 Print Map Item-ID: i17066013 BIB-ID: 1525266 ar----- Scale approximately 1:3,175,000. Arabian Peninsula Maps Early works to 1800 G7520 1662 .B5 2013594275 842359178 rda DLC 130305 20131225003207.0 ocn842359178 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng