Arabia

Arabia Vandermaelen, Philippe 1795-1869 cartographic map cartographic image Atlas Map. World Atlas. be Brussels [P. Vandermaelen] 1827 monographic fre 1 map on 8 sheets; lithograph, Phillips, 749; Koeman Vdm 1; National Maritime Museum, 179; Wellens-De Donder, L. Philippe Vandermaelen 1795-1869, 4-5. Location: London Auction Dates: Session 1: Thu, 13 Nov 08 12:30 pm - Catalogue Note: published in the first atlas to cover the land-masses of the entire world on a uniform scale, these sheets offered the largest picture of the earth's surface available in the nineteenth century. This was also the first atlas produced throughout by lithography and acutally designed as gores for an immense globe. In 1827, while large scale maps might have existed for Europe, this could not be said of other continents. This collection of maps of Arabia includes the first map to show riyadh. Areas that were blank were filled with statistical information such as topography, history, mineralogy, geology and the routes of navigators and explorers Copyright Not Evaluated Relief shown by hachures Plates are from the "Atlas universel de géographie physique, politique, statistique et mineralogique" Arabia, a collection of 8 lithographed maps covering the Arabian Peninsula. Each approximatelyy 455 x 495 mm., contemporary hand colour, good wine marging 7,0009,000 GBP Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 8,750 GBP Sotheby's -Natural History, Travel, Atlases & Maps Sale: L08407 Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01253.008 No. 101 Print Map No. 101 Item-ID: i23129840 BIB-ID: 1172850 Arabian Peninsula Maps aacr 120411 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24)