Map of India, west of the Ganges. Relief shown pictorially. Includes names of places and natural features. In margin: Climatic and latitudinal notes. A... Show moreMap of India, west of the Ganges. 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. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00319 Print Map Item-ID: i11400869 BIB-ID: 1728363 Show less
ex Bilibaldi Pirckeymberi tralatione, sed ad Graeca & prisca exemplaria à Michaele Villanovano secundò recogniti, & locis innumeris denuò castigati... Show moreex Bilibaldi Pirckeymberi tralatione, sed ad Graeca & prisca exemplaria à Michaele Villanovano secundò recogniti, & locis innumeris denuò castigati. Excudebat Gaspar Trechsel. This is among early woodblock map of Persia.Gothic bastard lettering used, names underlined by red. Towns represented by small circle.Mountains represented pictorially. From: Gaspar Treschel's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00206 Print Map Item-ID: i11400481 BIB-ID: 1172391 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
Relief shown pictorially From Gerard Mercator's edition of Claudii Ptolemaei Tabulae Geographicae Orbis Terrarum, possibly from a later edition... Show moreRelief shown pictorially From Gerard Mercator's edition of Claudii Ptolemaei Tabulae Geographicae Orbis Terrarum, possibly from a later edition published in Amsterdam This map covers the Persia, some islands of the region are well marked. Series of mountain ranges. Scale in the cartouche. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00290 Print Map Item-ID: i11400729 BIB-ID: 1172415 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
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
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
Relief shown pictorially Trapezoidel map The map covers Arabia Petrae, Arabia Deserta and only part and without any details. Arabia Felix. border... Show moreRelief shown pictorially Trapezoidel map The map covers Arabia Petrae, Arabia Deserta and only part and without any details. Arabia Felix. border shown in dotted lines. Rivers in double lines and mountains pictorially. Towns are represented by circle with names in bold. Sea shaded around the coast. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00313 Print Map Item-ID: i11400821 BIB-ID: 1172425 Show less
Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01056 Print Map Item-ID: i11402970 BIB-ID: 1172640 Copy at 216.d.5. Section 2, fol. 14/sig. Cii. l. Uk Show moreMain Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01056 Print Map Item-ID: i11402970 BIB-ID: 1172640 Copy at 216.d.5. Section 2, fol. 14/sig. Cii. l. Uk Show less
autore Iacobo Castaldo pedemontano ; Gerhardus de Iode excudebat. Map of Asia from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Persia, Afghanistan to southern Russia with... Show moreautore Iacobo Castaldo pedemontano ; Gerhardus de Iode excudebat. Map of Asia from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Persia, Afghanistan to southern Russia with relief shown pictorially. Plate 8 from: Speculum orbis terrarum / Gerard de Jode and Cornelis de Jode. Antwerp : Arnold Coninx, 1593. Text on verso: Asiae prima pars sive Persicum regnum (fol. 8). The map covers 60°-118° E. 27°-55° N. It shows Turkish Empire and Northern parts of A. Peninsula. Scale: Gerhrdus de Iode excudebat,400 [ben. cart.] Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00455 Print Map Item-ID: i11401242 BIB-ID: 1172467 In Latin. Show less
