par N. Sanson. I. Somer Pruthenus Sculp. Relief shown pictorially. "Avec privilege du Roy pour vingt Ans." Appears in: Cartes générales de toutes les... Show morepar N. Sanson. I. Somer Pruthenus Sculp. Relief shown pictorially. "Avec privilege du Roy pour vingt Ans." Appears in: Cartes générales de toutes les parties du monde ... / par le sieur Sanson d'Abbéville. Paris : Chez P. Mariette, 1658. (Map no. 20). Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00916 Print Map Item-ID: i11402404 BIB-ID: 1172583 Show less
This is an antique map and view of the town of Oran / Algeria (Oran Munita Urbs et Comodus Ports in Ora Maritima Barbariae et Proprie in Regno... Show moreThis is an antique map and view of the town of Oran / Algeria (Oran Munita Urbs et Comodus Ports in Ora Maritima Barbariae et Proprie in Regno Telensin), Seutter, Augsburg, ca. 1750.This splendid plan typifies the style and format of a series of birds-eye plans and panoramic profiles of major cities and ports published in Germany during the eighteenth century. At top is a map of the coastline showing the fortifications of the Algerian port of Oran at the bottom is a coastal view with a fleet of ships in the foreground. The chart is richly embellished with a large allegorical title cartouche featuring Zeus and his entourage. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00252 Print Map Item-ID: i11400596 BIB-ID: 1845451 Matthäus Seutter (1678-1756) was born in 1678, the son of a goldsmith, in Augsburg. In 1697 Seutter began his studies in Nuremberg and subsequently worked in the publishing house of Jeremias Wolff in Augsburg. In 1710, he established his own publishing house and print shop. The Seutter publishing house produced a great number of maps, atlases and globes. However, very few original maps were printed there as Augsburg at that time had no university and no connection to the fields of mathematics or the natural sciences. Seutter therefore copied the work of other cartographers, making his own engravings based on their models, with over 500 maps produced in his studio. Seutter's most well-known works are the 1725 "Geographical Atlas or an Accurate Depiction of the Whole World" ("Atlas Geographicus oder Accurate Vorstellung der ganzen Welt") with 46 maps, the 1734 "Large Atlas" ("Grosser Atlas") with 131 maps, and the 1744 pocket atlas "Small Atlas" ("Atlas minor") with 64 maps. Matthäus Seutter died in 1756 and his son Albrecht Karl, his son-in-law, conrad Tobias Lotter, and his business partner, Johann Michael Probst, ran the printing business for five more years. Show less
Copperplate. From: Mallet, Alain Manesson. Description de l'univers, Paris, 1683. T.II, p.185 "De l'Asie figure LXXX" A map of Arabian peninsula,... Show moreCopperplate. From: Mallet, Alain Manesson. Description de l'univers, Paris, 1683. T.II, p.185 "De l'Asie figure LXXX" A map of Arabian peninsula, well detailed but there is presence of great number of rivers and Lakes. Mountains spans all over the North of the Peninsula. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00262 Print Map Item-ID: i11400626 BIB-ID: 1172405 Show less
par M. Bonne, ingénieur-hydrographe de la marine ; André, sculp. The map covers the Arabian peninsula with border. André Sculp.[low.margin. r.h.]. Re... Show morepar M. Bonne, ingénieur-hydrographe de la marine ; André, sculp. The map covers the Arabian peninsula with border. André Sculp.[low.margin. r.h.]. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro and Paris. From: Bonne's Atlas encyclopédique : contenant la géographie ancienne, et quelques cartes sur la géographie du moyen age ..., vol. 2., p. 85. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00304 Print Map Item-ID: i11400766 BIB-ID: 1172419 Show less
Appears in: Isolario, descrittione geografico-historica, sacro-profana ... di tutte l'isole ... del globo terracqueo / del P. maestro Vincenzo... Show moreAppears in: Isolario, descrittione geografico-historica, sacro-profana ... di tutte l'isole ... del globo terracqueo / del P. maestro Vincenzo Coronelli, 1696. Parte II, p. 113. At head of page: Isolario del P. Coronelli. Includes a decorative circle of text in lower left which is encircled with the statement: Auvertimento alli nauigli che partono da Goa per andare al Capo di Buona Speranza per il di Fuori di Madagascar. Appears to have been struck from the engraving plate for a globe gore. In upper right: 113. On verso: incomplete text. At upper right: 114. Annotated in pencil in lower right: Coronelli - 1691. This map is on a sheet which has been removed from an unidentified volume of Isolario. The sheet has been torn below the map to include only two lines of text; the remaining text is missing. This segment of globe gore covers the region from Oman to the Western part of India. Quest'è l'autico,sentiero secondo le relazioni. [cart. italian text.]. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00314 Print Map Item-ID: i11400833 BIB-ID: 1172426 Show less
This is the second map of the Arabian Peninsula ever printed, preceded only by the Bologna edition of Ptolemy in 1477. It is an Important early map... Show moreThis is the second map of the Arabian Peninsula ever printed, preceded only by the Bologna edition of Ptolemy in 1477. It is an Important early map of the Arabian peninsula and adjoining regions, which first appeared in the 1478 Rome edition of Ptolemys "Geography" created under the direction of Conrad Swenheym who apprenticed with Guttenberg, and published after Swenheyms death in 1477 by Arnold Buckinck. The present map in an excellent example of Cornad Swenheyms finely engraved map of Arabia based upon Ptolemy. As noted by Rodney Shirley, "The new copper plates engraved at Rome for the 1478 edition of Ptolemys "Geography" are much superior in clarity and craftsmanship to those of the Bologna edition. There is evidence that work on the Rome edition had been started in 1473 or 1474, and several of the plates may well have been engraved before those printed by Taddeo Crivelli at Bologna in 1477, many consider the Rome plates to be the finest Ptolemaic plates produced until Gerhard Mercator engraved his classical world atlas of 1578, Conrad Swehnheyms 1478 edition of Ptolemys work is also of tremendous importance as the first set of maps to employ the "punched letter" printing process. The map includes the towns of Medina "Lathrippa", and the archeological sites of Zubarah "Catara", and Al-Dur "Domana". The run of the edition is not known, but it is considered to be scarce, and is therefore rare and important. Until the 1477 edition was definitively dated, the 1478 edition was believed to be the first ever printed atlas. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00190 Print Map Item-ID: i11401692 BIB-ID: 1845437 Claudius Ptolemaeus (circa 100circa 170) was an influential mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer and also a poet. He was a Greek-Roman citizen and lived in Alexandria, Egypt. Ptolemy was famous for a number of discoveries, out of which the most famous was a theory which expounded that the earth was the center of the universe. The term "geocentric" came to being from this theory. His achievements were considered paramount during his time and quite a number of astronomers followed it religiously (especially the Greeks), until the 17th century. Later on, the works of Ptolemy evoked more controversies and arguments than any other mathematician or geographer. Even though many of his theories were proven to be incorrect, he was among the early astronomers and mathematicians who contributed a great deal to mathematics, geography and astronomy. Show less
This Latin text Arabian Peninsula map was published in Europe in the 16th century. This map is from the 1525 edition, which was published in... Show moreThis Latin text Arabian Peninsula map was published in Europe in the 16th century. This map is from the 1525 edition, which was published in Argentoragi [i.e. Strasbourg]. This is important early map of the Middle East from the works of Claudius Ptolemy, and nice example map of the Arabian Peninsula, Persian Gulf and adjoining regions. This map was made by Copper plate engraving and letters are given around the edge for reference to the gazetteer. Map of the Arabian Peninsula. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and natural features. In margins: climatic and latitudinal notes. Descriptive text within ornamental borders on verso. Appears in the author's Geographia, translated by Willibald Pirckheimer, with annotations by Joannes Regiomontanus. Argentoragi [i.e. Strasbourg] : Iohannes Grieningerus, communibus Iohannis Koberger impensis excudebat, anno a Christi Natiuitate 1525 tertio Kal[endas] Apriles. Published in Strasbourg. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00164 Print Map Item-ID: i11401618 BIB-ID: 1842115 Show less
Map of ancient Scythian lands in Central Asia, to the east of the Pamir Mountain range. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and... Show moreMap of ancient Scythian lands in Central Asia, to the east of the Pamir Mountain range. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and natural features. In margin: Climatic and latitudinal notes. Appears in the author's Geographia, edited by Bernard Sylvanus. Venetiis : Per Iacobum Pentium de Leucho, anno Domini 1511. The map covers the region of South Asia. There is land-mass and rivers are represented by triple lines.Names are in red roman characters.Damaged at cetre but repaired. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00320 Print Map Item-ID: i11400870 BIB-ID: 1172430 Text in Latin. Show less
J.V. Schley. Also covers surrounding coastal areas. Shows forts and city structures. Relief shown by hachures and landforms. Includes illustrations... Show moreJ.V. Schley. Also covers surrounding coastal areas. Shows forts and city structures. Relief shown by hachures and landforms. Includes illustrations and decorative border. Depiction of Hormuz island in the Arabian Gulf. Parts of Kishm island and Persian coast on the other side are shown. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01182 Print Map Item-ID: i11404371 BIB-ID: 1172780 In French and Dutch. Show less
Old color example of Ortelius' map of the Middle East, from Egypt to modern-day Iraq, prominently featuring the Arabian Peninsula, and extending... Show moreOld color example of Ortelius' map of the Middle East, from Egypt to modern-day Iraq, prominently featuring the Arabian Peninsula, and extending north of the Mediterranean from Turkey across Greece to Italy. Extracted from map of Asia in 1567 edition of Ortelius previous map, but this map with more detail based on Ortelius own map of Asia, which was in turn derived from Giacomo Gastaldis Il Disegno della Seconda Parte dellAsia (1561), for the Arabian detail. A description of the Ormus region is given in a blank space in Persia. Considered to be far superior to all previous maps of Asia, as it was informed by the published travels of Marco Polo, which appeared in Ramusios Navigationi et Viaggi (1550-59). Ortelius map features the Arabian Peninsula prominently and shows lands surrounding the eastern Mediterranean, with Italy in the northwest, southward to the east coast of Africa. The coastlines are fairly accurate, but the interiors are less defined and many of the rivers, lakes and mountain ranges bear mythological names from antiquity. The seas are richly embellished with sailing ships, with a great monster in the Black Sea. Latin text on verso, Abraham Ortelius map of the Middle East, Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean is the best known of all the 16th-century maps of the Ottoman Empire. Relief shown pictorially. Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00059 Print Map Item-ID: i11401424 BIB-ID: 1789994 Show less
