By Samuel Dunn, Mathematician. Qatar as placename "Catura" is on the map Relief shown by hachures Prime meridian: Ferro هي خريطة للجزيرة العربية،حسب... Show moreBy Samuel Dunn, Mathematician. Qatar as placename "Catura" is on the map Relief shown by hachures Prime meridian: Ferro هي خريطة للجزيرة العربية،حسب تقاسيمها الحديثة، تشمل الخريطة شبة الجزيرة العربية ،وتظهر فيها الموانيء العربية،الصحراء العربية، ضفاف اللولو في الخليج ،تم تحديد حدود الجزيرة العربية باللون الاحمر،ذكر اسم قطر في الخريطة كاتارا ،غير ملونة، باللغة الانجليزية طبعت سنة 1794 م. The map covers Arabian peninsula divided into Arabia Petrae, Arabia Deserta and Arabia Foelix. Pearl banks in the Persian Gulf. Borders of Arabia coloured in red. Scale: Arabian Miles 56,1/3 in a degree, 250. Turkish Miles 87,1/2 in a degree, 400. Parasangs of Persia 18,3/4 in a degree, 90. British Miles 69,1/2 in a degree, 350. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00121 Print Map Item-ID: i23183226 BIB-ID: 1172499 Show less
By Thos. Starling Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01082 Print Map Item-ID: i11403111 BIB-ID: 1172654 Show moreBy Thos. Starling Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01082 Print Map Item-ID: i11403111 BIB-ID: 1172654 Show less
This map is Copper-plate engraving, an enlargement of Gastaldi, Giacomos map of 1548, but is certainly better drawn, more finely done than the... Show moreThis map is Copper-plate engraving, an enlargement of Gastaldi, Giacomos map of 1548, but is certainly better drawn, more finely done than the earlier one, but with less detail. Italian text on verso, it also provides more information than the standard maps. The Qatar peninsula south east of Bahrain (Baharam) can be clearly distinguished. The sea monster was not shown on the 1548 Map. This map is published in 1561 and reprinted in 1562, 1564 and 1574 and completely reworked for Geographia di Claudio Tolemeo in 1598-1599. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01017 Print Map Item-ID: i11402684 BIB-ID: 1783522 Show less
Missions, Missions--Arabian Peninsula, Christianity and other religions--Islam, Islam--Relations--Christianity, Missions to Muslims, Missions, Missions--Iraq--Babylonia, Description and travel, Description and travel, BV3180 .J83 1828
C. Judkin. Colored map on lining paper. Running title: The Oriental Missionary. Main Heritage Compact General BV3180 .J83 1828 Book Item-ID: i10178430 BIB... Show moreC. Judkin. Colored map on lining paper. Running title: The Oriental Missionary. Main Heritage Compact General BV3180 .J83 1828 Book Item-ID: i10178430 BIB-ID: 1019479 Show less
by Johnson and Ward. "Chronological history of the Great Rebellion" on verso. Relief shown by hachures The map covers from Turkey to western parts of... Show moreby Johnson and Ward. "Chronological history of the Great Rebellion" on verso. Relief shown by hachures The map covers from Turkey to western parts of India and from Georgia to Abyssinia. Includes illustrations depicting Muscat, Trebisond and Castle and Port of Smyrna Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00490 Print Map Item-ID: i11401746 BIB-ID: 1172517 Show less
William Home Lizars (1788-1859) Lizars was a Scottish engraver and painter and the son of the engraver Daniel Lizars. This map appears identical... Show moreWilliam Home Lizars (1788-1859) Lizars was a Scottish engraver and painter and the son of the engraver Daniel Lizars. This map appears identical to the one his father Daniel engraved for the "Edinburgh geographical and historical Atlas" published by John Hamilton in 1831. It is plate 47 of the atlas. Relief is shown by hachures. The map shows towns and other settlements, oases, caravan routes, etc, Qatar is marked on the map as Catura and a hint of the Qatar peninsula can be seen on the map. Previously this region of the northern shore of Arabia was depicted as flat and it had only begun to be mapped at the very time of the publication of the original map made by Daniel Lizars. The pearl banks in the region of Qatar are also labeled. published by W. Lizars, Edinburgh. "XLVII" appears in upper left corner. From: The Edinburgh geographical and historical atlas, 1831. Borders Arabia, Arabia Petraea, Egypt, Nubia and Abyssinia. Suez canal marked by pen. Routes of Caravans to Mecca from different directions shown. Published by W.Lizers Edinburgh. [ben. marg. middle.] Scale: British Statute Miles, 240 [low. r. h.] Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00468 Print Map Item-ID: i11401291 BIB-ID: 1172472 Show less
A large scale topographic map of Matrah and Maskat (modern Muttrah and Muscat) made by F.S. Weller, a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society to... Show moreA large scale topographic map of Matrah and Maskat (modern Muttrah and Muscat) made by F.S. Weller, a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society to accompany a paper by Captain Arthur William Stiffe. Stiffe was the co-author of the famous "Persian Gulf Pilot" books for navigating the Gulf. Topography is indicated by contour lines though no information as to their height is given. Settled areas are indicated by grey shading. Palm trees indicated agricultural areas around the settlements. The map also shows important pathways and passes. F.S. Weller. The geographical Journal 1897 [up marg.r.h.].F.S. Weller, FRGS. [ben. marg. r. h.] Published by the Royal Geographical Society, 1897 [ben. marg. middle. Relief shown by form lines. Scale 1:30,000. 1 in. = 0.47 miles. "The Geographical Journal, 1897." Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00380 Print Map Item-ID: i11401096 BIB-ID: 1172452 Show less
Nautical chart Title devised by staff Depths indicated by stippling Map is in Portuguese with some placenames in Latin Tropics and Equator marked. Lat... Show moreNautical chart Title devised by staff Depths indicated by stippling Map is in Portuguese with some placenames in Latin Tropics and Equator marked. Lat.degrees given on a meridian E. of tip of Arabian Peninsula. This chart gives the coasts and islands of the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Persian Gulf,from G. Pigena ( N. of Cape Town ) to the tip of Ceylon. Sandbanks and rocks marked. One compass rose [low. r.]. ß with rhumb lines. On the left are plans of the harbour of Mobaça, Mosanbique, Sofala and Ilha de Sacatora.BM. Maps. 66945 (3). Appears in Relation de divers voyages curieux....par Melchisédek Thévenot. Paris,1696. fol. (Tibbetts) The chart also includes insets of the key trading posts and harbors at Mombassa, Mozambique and Sofala, as well as a detail chart of the island of Socotra, the primary Portugese trading points after rounding the Cape of Good Hope en route to India. Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00410 Print Map Item-ID: i11401151 BIB-ID: 1172458 Show less
by Johnson and Ward 2 Maps in one: (1) Johnsons TURKEY in ASIA. Published by Alvin J. Johnson & Son. New York [low r. h.]. Scale: Miles, 200. [low r... Show moreby Johnson and Ward 2 Maps in one: (1) Johnsons TURKEY in ASIA. Published by Alvin J. Johnson & Son. New York [low r. h.]. Scale: Miles, 200. [low r. h.]. (2) Johnsons PERSIA, ARABIA, BELOOCHISTAN and Afghanistan ... [low r. h.]. Shows regions, rivers, roads, and cities of the middle east. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by isolines. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867 by A.J. Johnson, in the Clerk's office of the District court of the Southern District of New York." From: Johnson's new illustrated family atlas of the world. New York : A.J. Johnson, 1874. From: Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas, 1863, no. 89. Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00498 Print Map Item-ID: i11401771 BIB-ID: 1172520 Show less
"Drawn & Engraved by J. Dower ... " Numbered 25. Shows boundaries, rivers, deserts and principal settlements. Relief shown by hachures. Greenwich... Show more"Drawn & Engraved by J. Dower ... " Numbered 25. Shows boundaries, rivers, deserts and principal settlements. Relief shown by hachures. Greenwich meridian. Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.01084 Print Map Item-ID: i11403160 BIB-ID: 1172659 Persia and Arabian Peninsula. Show less
