Paul, Geography--Maps, Bible New Testament, Apostles
This striking map of the eastern Mediterranean and its environs was created to depict the travels of Apostle Pauli from Canaan to Rome (60 61 AD).... Show moreThis striking map of the eastern Mediterranean and its environs was created to depict the travels of Apostle Pauli from Canaan to Rome (60 61 AD). A total of 9 panels sandwich the map depicting major scenes from Paul's life and journey including the baptism of Ananias, his escape from Damascus a shipwreck off the island of Malta (also visible in map) and his appearance before the Roman Emperor Nero. The map was engraved and hand colored to display the geo-political divisions of the region in the 1st century AD. Numerous cities towns and place names are labeled throughout, including Memphis, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Babel, Tripoli, Constantinople, Athens and Rome. Sailing ships and a compass rose embellish the seas. Dutch text on verso. nieuwlÿcx int licht gebracht door Nicolaes Visscher. Shows the travels of the Apostles and especially St. Paul, through the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean. Relief shown pictorially. Graphic scale reads: "Duytse Mÿlen van 15 in een Graedt." (60 units shown). "Vrengaens van 20 in een Graedt." (80 units shown). Scale computed by comparison with other maps. Publication date from dealer's notes. Probably from a Dutch Bible. Verso has text reading: "Verklaringe over de geographische afbeeldinge der landtschappen, by den Apostelen ... doorwandelt." Nine vignettes along the top and bottom showing scenes of the travels of Saint Paul. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00249 Print Map Item-ID: i11400572 BIB-ID: 1845447 Visscher Nicolas (1618 - 1679), The Visscher families were art and map dealers in Amsterdam during the 17th century. Funded by C. J. Visscher (1587-1652), the business was continued by his son and grandson, both named Nicolas. Nicolas Visscher was born 1618 in Wenns, Austria. He died 1679 in Linz. Nicolas II, passed the business to Pieter Schenk. Show less
خريطة صغيرة للامبراطورية العثمانية وتظهر فيها شبه الجزيرة العربية مفصلة،وبلاد فارسن كما يظهر فيها جزء من شرق افريقيا يضم مصر وليبيا والسودان وسواحل... Show moreخريطة صغيرة للامبراطورية العثمانية وتظهر فيها شبه الجزيرة العربية مفصلة،وبلاد فارسن كما يظهر فيها جزء من شرق افريقيا يضم مصر وليبيا والسودان وسواحل البحر الاحمر وهي ايضاً من عمل الجغرافي ورسام الخرايط الشهير موسس الاطلس الحديث البلجيكي ابراهام اورتيليس،ونشرت بواسطة ناشر الخرايط الايطالي بيترو مارشيتي في اواخر القرن السادس عشر بمدينة برشيا الايطالية سنة 1598م.الخريطة ملونة يدوياً بالالوان القديمة مقياس الخريطة 10.40. 8.20سم. This map of Arabian peninsula and neighbouring regions has no boundaries, only rivers are marked and few coastal towns and regions, Mecca and Medina are not shown. Coloured with red and yellow margins. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00263 Print Map Item-ID: i11400638 BIB-ID: 1729899 Show less
The celebrated Flemish cartographer Gerard Mercatorrendition of Ptolemys map of Arabia based on his important Geographia. The map, a copperplate... Show moreThe celebrated Flemish cartographer Gerard Mercatorrendition of Ptolemys map of Arabia based on his important Geographia. The map, a copperplate engraving, shows the entirety of the Arabian Peninsula and parts of Africa and Persia. Details of the topography of the interior are almost completely fanciful though the place names having been based upon reports of travelers and traders are of great historical interest. Among these place names is Qatar given as Catara. [Gerard Merkator]. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00175 Print Map Item-ID: i2066168x BIB-ID: 1842141 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
Reproduction of original from British Library. NC. Full stop after "Surrat." Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 .D36 1702 Book Item-ID: i10040924 BIB-ID:... Show moreReproduction of original from British Library. NC. Full stop after "Surrat." Main Heritage Shelves General DS47 .D36 1702 Book Item-ID: i10040924 BIB-ID: 1005894 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
per Isauc Tirion. Scale determined by using graticule method. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00077 Print Map Item-ID: i11403457 BIB-ID: 1172688 Show moreper Isauc Tirion. Scale determined by using graticule method. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00077 Print Map Item-ID: i11403457 BIB-ID: 1172688 Show less
S. Wheatley sculpt. Shows land currently Iran, Saudi Arabia, and India. Relief shown pictorially. "Vol. II against page 26." Map of Persia and the... Show moreS. Wheatley sculpt. Shows land currently Iran, Saudi Arabia, and India. Relief shown pictorially. "Vol. II against page 26." Map of Persia and the Arabian peninsula.Only few towns are shown, Mekka and medina are not marked.towns presented in castles.Shaded sea banks. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01100 Print Map Item-ID: i11403627 BIB-ID: 1172705 Show less
خريطة وصفية للجزيرة العربية وتشمل الخليج والبحر الاحمر لمهندس الرياضيات ورسام الخرايط الفرنسي الشهير ريجوبيرت بون والذي يعتبر من اهم رسامي الخرايط... Show moreخريطة وصفية للجزيرة العربية وتشمل الخليج والبحر الاحمر لمهندس الرياضيات ورسام الخرايط الفرنسي الشهير ريجوبيرت بون والذي يعتبر من اهم رسامي الخرايط المعروفين في نهاية القرن الثامن عشر،واشتهر برسم الخرايط البحرية،الخريطة واحدة من عدة اصدرارات له قام بنشرها في باريس سنة 1780م بالرغم من انه كان يهتم غالباً برسم ونشر الخرايط البحرية والساحلية ،اتسمت الخريطة بالاهمية الجغرافية في ذلك الوقت،الخريطة ملونة بخط اليد،ابعاد الخريطة32x23. par M. Bonne. Relief indicated pictorially. Paris or Ferro meridian. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01096 Print Map Item-ID: i1140324x BIB-ID: 1172619 Show less
Arabia .[ up r. h.] Covers: 25-70E. 10-35N. The map is provided with tribal names according to their respective regions. Scale: British miles, 300... Show moreArabia .[ up r. h.] Covers: 25-70E. 10-35N. The map is provided with tribal names according to their respective regions. Scale: British miles, 300. [up r. h.] Size: 38 x 22.70 cm. Published in c.1823. Coloured . English. Lower right hand corner: "GF" sheet Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01080 Print Map Item-ID: i11403147 BIB-ID: 1172657 Show less
by H. Moll. Scale 1:7,250,000. Inset pictures of Smirna, Jerusalem, etc. To the Honourable THO. VERNON ESQr. one of Ye Commissrs of Trade and for Ye... Show moreby H. Moll. Scale 1:7,250,000. Inset pictures of Smirna, Jerusalem, etc. To the Honourable THO. VERNON ESQr. one of Ye Commissrs of Trade and for Ye Plantations, of His Majesty of Gr. Britain. This map is humbly dedicated by Your most Humble Servant. Her Moll. Geographer [decorated cart. low cent.] 6 insets. The plan of Constantinople [up.l.h.] Smitns [up r.h.] A draught of the City of Jerusalem; The Church of the Holy Sepulcre and, 2 insets showing the interior of "Holy Sepulcre". Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00517 Print Map Item-ID: i11400377 BIB-ID: 1172380 Show less
[Abraham Ortelius]. Gorgeous example of Ortelius' two sheet map of Egypt, extending from the Cataracts to the source of the Nile. This remarkable... Show more[Abraham Ortelius]. Gorgeous example of Ortelius' two sheet map of Egypt, extending from the Cataracts to the source of the Nile. This remarkable two sheet map first appeared in 1584 and was replaced by a single sheet map in the 1587 French edition. However, in 1592, the map was re-issued in an edition of only 525 copies. In this edition only, there is a text change on the map, where the word "tribu" is correctly spelled in the 5 line annotation below and slightly to the right of the inset map (line 5, word 3). The map is dedicated to the humanist and medical doctor Scipio Fabio from Bologna. One of the most decorative and dramatic of maps prepared by Ortelius himself. Map is dedicated to the Humanist and medical doctor Scipio Fabio from Bologna. Relief shown pictorially. Inset: Alexandri Nor. Nomvs. LC copy contains annotations in pencil and color pencil on verso. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00953.A Print Map Item-ID: i11402544 BIB-ID: 1172597 Show less
خريطة وصفية للجزيرة العربية وتشمل الخليج والبحر الاحمر لمهندس الرياضيات ورسام الخرايط الفرنسي الشهير ريجوبيرت بون والذي يعتبر من اهم رسامي الخرايط... Show moreخريطة وصفية للجزيرة العربية وتشمل الخليج والبحر الاحمر لمهندس الرياضيات ورسام الخرايط الفرنسي الشهير ريجوبيرت بون والذي يعتبر من اهم رسامي الخرايط المعروفين في نهاية القرن الثامن عشر،واشتهر برسم الخرايط البحرية،الخريطة واحدة من عدة اصدرارات له قام بنشرها في باريس سنة 1780م بالرغم من انه كان يهتم غالباً برسم ونشر الخرايط البحرية والساحلية ،اتسمت الخريطة بالاهمية الجغرافية في ذلك الوقت،الخريطة ملونة بخط اليد،ابعاد الخريطة32x23. par M. Bonne. Relief indicated pictorially. Paris or Ferro meridian. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01031 Print Map Item-ID: i11402763 BIB-ID: 1172619 Show less
par N. Sanson dAbbe. geo: ord.re du roy ; A: de Winter sculp. Relief shown pictorially Boundaries of the three Arabias shown and that of Bahrain,... Show morepar N. Sanson dAbbe. geo: ord.re du roy ; A: de Winter sculp. Relief shown pictorially Boundaries of the three Arabias shown and that of Bahrain, which is separated from Beriara, by a strip of Arabia Hereuse. In the 1654 map Sanson joins Bahrain to Beriara. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01038 Print Map Item-ID: i11402829 BIB-ID: 1172625 Show less
Large and detailed chart of the southern part of the Red Sea, with detailed depth soundings, rhumb lines and, along the coasts, profiles of the... Show moreLarge and detailed chart of the southern part of the Red Sea, with detailed depth soundings, rhumb lines and, along the coasts, profiles of the hills as seen from the sea. This Map particularly decorative Sea Chart of the Red Sea, including Jeddah, three decorative insets with prospects of Shake Omare, Goofs and Gedan. D'Apres de Mannevillette ( 1707-1780), whose Oriental Neptune provides the maps to accompany this Navigator, was a celebrated French cartographer who had a long and distinguished career in the French East India Company. His father was a ship's captain in the service of French West India Company, born in Le Havre, de Mannevillette visited the Caribbean in 1726 abroad Le Marechal D'Estrées, He studied under the famous Guillaume Delisle, the King's geographer, and during a voyage to China in 1728 he succeeded in correcting the latitudes of many places using new instruments. Back in France he devised a plan to correct and publish all the existing maps of the route to China: the Red Sea, the coasts of India, Malaya, the northern parts of Indonesia, Indochina and China, Interested in Navigation in his youth, he was one of the first Frenchmen to use Hadley's quadrant, from 1735 he began collecting charts and material about the navigation of Africa and the Indies, travelling extensively for the purpose During his many voyages d'Apres de Mannevillette created a number of charts for a hydrographic atlas which, with the support of the Academie des Sciences, was published in Paris in 1745 under the title "Le Neptune Oriental" with 25 maps. For the next thirty years, with the help of his friend and eminent British hydrographer Alexander Dalrymple, d'Apres de Mannevillette revised his charts for a second and enlarged edition. This comprehensive atlas was used on all French ships and by some foreign ones too, navigating the Indian Ocean. It replaced the "English Pilot" published by John Thornton in 1700 and the charts of the van Keulens, the hydrographers of the Dutch East India Company, which were full of errors. [Après de Mannevillette]. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00093 Print Map Item-ID: i11401515 BIB-ID: 1822145 Show less
Relief shown pictorially. At head of title: Africam Graeci Libyam app. "Cum priuilegio." Appears in Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum. 1570. Watermark... Show moreRelief shown pictorially. At head of title: Africam Graeci Libyam app. "Cum priuilegio." Appears in Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum. 1570. Watermark: 2 crossed arrows. Includes col. ill. of fish, ships, etc. Title on verso: Africa. Pg. no. on verso: 4. From: 1598 French text edition of Ortelius' Theatrum. Tooley wrote: of the Thetrum. This was the standard map of Africa for the rest of the sixteenth century; Koeman (History of Abraham Ortelius, p.57) speculated that much of the information for the interior was passed by word of mouth by natives to Arabs and Europeans. This hear say information was not to be proven or disapproved until the ninteenth century. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00399 Print Map Item-ID: i11401114 BIB-ID: 1172454 Show less
This map western Asia dating from early 19th century with an elegant cartouche (in the form of camel draped in red velvet) shows the southern cost... Show moreThis map western Asia dating from early 19th century with an elegant cartouche (in the form of camel draped in red velvet) shows the southern cost of the gulf as an almost straight line. The coast is broken only by the mouth of large river called Aftan, level with the island of Bahrain. The source of the river shown as being in the middle of Arabia is not far from Dreiye (Dirriyah, now in Saudi Arabia). Although the peninsula and the name Qatar are not shown, for the first time the city of Zabara (Zubarah) is indicated east of the mouth of the river, this town, a trading port, was one of the pearls fishing centers where European ships called in. Par P. Lapie Géographe, 1809. Gravé par Chamouin Rue de la Harpe N°35. Ecrit par Giraldon. Published in: "Précis de la géographie universelle" in 1810 by Malte-Brun. Copper engraving and includes cartouche in the form of camel draped in red velvet. Printed by Prudhomme and colored by Mrs. Diot. Original Meridian: Paris. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01069 Print Map Item-ID: i11403068 BIB-ID: 1784374 Show less
Harbors--Maps, Harbors--Red Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800, Maps, G5687.R3 1764 .A6
This map "Golfe Arabique ou Mer Rouge" by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, published in Paris in 1765. This map shows settlements, shoals and... Show moreThis map "Golfe Arabique ou Mer Rouge" by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, published in Paris in 1765. This map shows settlements, shoals and banks, anchorages, roads, etc. Relief shown pictorially; depths by soundings in inset maps. This is also a very large copperplate map of the Red Sea showing exact detail of shorelines and islands from Suez to the southern tip of Yemen. Tributaries, islands, and cities are named. Four insets show "Port de Giddah", "Suakem", Matzua et Arkiko", and "Al Babo". Good impression printed on sturdy double-layer paper with full margins. Some mold stains on right image edge and center fold and light general soiling. par le Sr. d'Anville de l'Academie Royale des Belles-Lettres, et de celle des Sçiences de Petersbourg, Sécretaire de S.A.S. Mgr. le Duc d'Orléans. Inset maps: Suakem -- Matzua et Arkiko -- Al Babo (ou la Porte) et ses environs -- Port de Giddah. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00046 Print Map Item-ID: i17065513 BIB-ID: 1783524 Show less
H. Moll fecit. Shows that part of the Middle East under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Turks. Relief shown pictorially. Title (spelled "Turky") in... Show moreH. Moll fecit. Shows that part of the Middle East under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Turks. Relief shown pictorially. Title (spelled "Turky") in rectangular title cartouche at lower right. Prime meridian: Ferro. The map sheet is probably a page removed from the European Magazine. LC copy imperfect: Lead-pencil annotations in margins, sheet trimmed at left and right margins, mounted on cloth backing (which makes the verso unreadable). Includes text in lower margin. At foot of text: Part 2, B 2, General. Text and directories of constituent countries/cities on verso. In upper margin at right: 3. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00067 Print Map Item-ID: i17065707 BIB-ID: 2764265 Show less