John Purdy. Main Heritage Compact General G3201 .P87 1823 Print Map sheet 1 Item-ID: i23166708 BIB-ID: 2451676 Show moreJohn Purdy. Main Heritage Compact General G3201 .P87 1823 Print Map sheet 1 Item-ID: i23166708 BIB-ID: 2451676 Show less
Travel, Description and travel, G1785 .P6 1963, 912.56
"In the Middle East, perhaps more than anywhere else, politics depends on geography. In the past, the Middle East's fluid natural boundaries,... Show more"In the Middle East, perhaps more than anywhere else, politics depends on geography. In the past, the Middle East's fluid natural boundaries, stretching from the low-lying desert plain into three continents, permitted unparalleled expansion of its native empires, and its importance as a crossroads between Africa, Europe, and the Far East increased in each century. Today, there are added factors of significance--primarily, a disproportionate and fabulous wealth in oil and the strategic value of Middle Eastern states, located directly below Soviet territory, but connected to the West through their commerce and, to some extent their past politics and present military alliances. Here is an atlas that provides a precise and cogent summary--in 58 maps and accompanying text--of the basic geographic, national, and cultural factors that distinguish this region today. The authors provide maps and commentary first on the Middle East as a whole--its climate, physical geography, agriculture, political divisions, economics, languages, and religions-- and on significant features ranging from the placement of oil pipelines and refineries to the sources and irrigation basin of the Nile River. They also survey the most important political and religious developments of the past: the expansion and decline of the Ottoman Empire; the spread of the religion of Islam; and imperial colonies, concession, and protectorates from Alexander to World War II. The second half of the atlas contains maps and text on the historical background, geography, economics, and current politics of every country of the Middle East." -- Publisher's description The Middle East as a geographic region. Current political divisions -- Major relief features -- Climate - Vegetation -- Irrigation -- The ancient Middle East -- The classical world -- The rise of Islam -- Turks and the crusades -- The Moslem empires in decline -- World War I -- Between the wars, 1918-39 -- Population -- Linguistic and religious communities : Predominant languages ; Predominant religions -- Resources and welfare -- Petroleum : Reserves ; Concessions and deposits ; Production ; Pipeline and refineries -- Nations of the Middle East. Iran : Physical features ; Land resources and people ; Foreign influence and incursions ; World War II and after -- Turkey : The modern state ; The Turkish straits ; Turkey and Russia ; Turkey and Greece -- Cyprus -- Syria : After World War I ; Under French control ; Syria today -- Lebanon -- Iraq : Iraq and its neighbors ; Aspects of landscape and life ; Iraq today -- Jordan -- Saudi Arabia -- Kuwait and the neutral zones -- Bahrain and Qatar -- Muscat and the Trucial states -- Aden and the Aden protectorate -- Yemen -- Egypt : The landscape ; The Nile River ; Waters of the Nile ; The Suez Canal ; The United Arab States, 1958-61 -- Libya -- Israel : Palestine ; The emergence of the state -- Palestine refugees ; The canal and the gulf -- The Jordan River -- The central treaty organization. Text by Norman J.G. Pounds ; maps by Robert C. Kingsbury. Main Heritage Compact General G1785 .P6 1963 Reference Item-ID: i15533773 BIB-ID: 2517988 Show less
Relief shown pictorially and with isolines Numbered 14. Shows coastal settlements. Published by Harrison as part of an apparently untitled general atlas. ... Show moreRelief shown pictorially and with isolines Numbered 14. Shows coastal settlements. Published by Harrison as part of an apparently untitled general atlas. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00423 Print Map Item-ID: i23872342 BIB-ID: 1525313 Persian Gulf. Show less
Manners and customs, Travel, Description and travel, Social life and customs, Description and travel, DS258 .D87 1819
Adrien Dupré. Vol. 1: [4], iv, 471, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates. Vol. 2: [4], 533, [1] p. Accompagné d'une carte dressée par M. Lapie. Vol. 1:... Show moreAdrien Dupré. Vol. 1: [4], iv, 471, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates. Vol. 2: [4], 533, [1] p. Accompagné d'une carte dressée par M. Lapie. Vol. 1: Contains extract from Annales Encyclopediques 1817 entitled "Voyage aux ruines de Nicopolis en Empiree dans l'annee 1797". Main Heritage Shelves General DS258 .D87 1819 Book vol.2 Item-ID: i22877824 BIB-ID: 1835924 Show less
Manners and customs, Travel, Description and travel, Social life and customs, Description and travel, DS258 .D87 1819
Adrien Dupré. Vol. 1: [4], iv, 471, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates. Vol. 2: [4], 533, [1] p. Accompagné d'une carte dressée par M. Lapie. Vol. 1:... Show moreAdrien Dupré. Vol. 1: [4], iv, 471, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates. Vol. 2: [4], 533, [1] p. Accompagné d'une carte dressée par M. Lapie. Vol. 1: Contains extract from Annales Encyclopediques 1817 entitled "Voyage aux ruines de Nicopolis en Empiree dans l'annee 1797". Main Heritage Shelves General DS258 .D87 1819 Book vol.1 Item-ID: i22877794 BIB-ID: 1835924 Show less
Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00019 Print Map Item-ID: i23298121 BIB-ID: 2495922 Show moreMain Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00019 Print Map Item-ID: i23298121 BIB-ID: 2495922 Show less
The map is printed on a page with English text. Text also on verso, text is from Samuel Purchas' "Purchas, his Pilgrimage; or, Relations of the... Show moreThe map is printed on a page with English text. Text also on verso, text is from Samuel Purchas' "Purchas, his Pilgrimage; or, Relations of the World and the Religions observed in all Ages" Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00020 Print Map Item-ID: i23298200 BIB-ID: 2496294 Show less
Relief shown pictorially. Locations on map identified in Arabic. "Nomina Locorum Arabica latinus caracteribus expressa et numerus familia rum... Show moreRelief shown pictorially. Locations on map identified in Arabic. "Nomina Locorum Arabica latinus caracteribus expressa et numerus familia rum christianorum sancti Johannis"--in lower right corner of map. Includes numbered index. From: Relations de divers voyages curieux : qui n'ont point este' publie'es, et qu'on a traduit ou tiré des originaux des voyageurs fran-çois, espagnols, allemands, portugais, anglois, hollandois, persans, arabes & autres orientaux / données au public par les soins de feu M. Melchisedec Thevenot. Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00173 Print Map Item-ID: i17066384 BIB-ID: 1525304 Show less
Relief shown pictorially and with isolines Numbered 14. Shows coastal settlements. Published by Harrison as part of an apparently untitled general atlas. ... Show moreRelief shown pictorially and with isolines Numbered 14. Shows coastal settlements. Published by Harrison as part of an apparently untitled general atlas. Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00198 Print Map Item-ID: i17066475 BIB-ID: 1525313 Persian Gulf. Show less
compiled by Colonel R.A. Wauhope. Heliozincograph Relief shown by spot heights. In lower right corner, "General Staff India." Main Heritage Compact... Show morecompiled by Colonel R.A. Wauhope. Heliozincograph Relief shown by spot heights. In lower right corner, "General Staff India." Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00088 Print Map Item-ID: i11401497 BIB-ID: 2767488 Show less
Coasts--Maps, Coasts--Africa, North--Maps--Early works to 1800, Maps, Maps, Maps, Maps, G8220 1606 .M4
Highly decorative rare old map of Morocco published in Amsterdam in 1606 and covers North African coast of Morocco, extending south to Cape Bojador... Show moreHighly decorative rare old map of Morocco published in Amsterdam in 1606 and covers North African coast of Morocco, extending south to Cape Bojador, Canary Islands and Madeira, north to the Spanish Coast with beautiful original coloring. This map in the upper left corner shows Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera. The map was published in the so called "Mercator-Hondius Atlas" by Jodocus Hondius and based upon a map by Gerhard Mercator. The engraver Pieter van der Keere was a Dutch engraver, publisher and globe maker. Hondius republished in the "Mercator-Hondius Atlas", that is now known as one of the most famous atlases from the early 17th century. The Mercator's maps were re-engraved by van der Keere in his distinguished style. Copper engraving. Relief shown pictorially. Title, inset and scale bars in decorative cartouches.Title cartouche has a lion head at top. Embellished with two sailing ships and a sea monster. Inset at top left: Penōn de Velez, high angle pictorial view showing the rock fortress and sailing vessels. Includes two scale bars which read, "Hispanicarum leucarum" and "Milliaria Germanica communia." Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00239 Print Map Item-ID: i11400535 BIB-ID: 1843966 Map title and placenames in Latin. Text on verso in French. Show less
by John Cary ... Shows boundaries, rivers, roads and settlements. Relief shown pictorially and with shading. Greenwich meridian. Main Heritage Compact... Show moreby John Cary ... Shows boundaries, rivers, roads and settlements. Relief shown pictorially and with shading. Greenwich meridian. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01228 Print Map Item-ID: i11404437 BIB-ID: 1172786 East Indies or Indonesia. Show less
Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00019 Print Map Item-ID: i23298121 BIB-ID: 2495922 Show moreMain Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00019 Print Map Item-ID: i23298121 BIB-ID: 2495922 Show less
by L.S. De la Rochette, composed chiefly from the journals, memoirs and observations of Colonel James Capper. Relief shown by hachures. Depths by... Show moreby L.S. De la Rochette, composed chiefly from the journals, memoirs and observations of Colonel James Capper. Relief shown by hachures. Depths by soundings and isolines. Includes insets: The harbours of Matzua and Arkeeko -- Souaken harbour and island -- The road of Goofs -- The port of Yambo -- The (Little) Straits of Bab El Mandeb, called by the Turks Bab el Mandel, or Bab Bogazi, and by the sailors The Babs -- The road of Mocha -- The road and harbour of Judda -- The road of Sheik Omar -- The road of Gedan. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00960 Print Map Item-ID: i11402593 BIB-ID: 2763147 Show less
J. & C. Walker sculpt. ; published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Relief shown by hachures. Main... Show moreJ. & C. Walker sculpt. ; published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Relief shown by hachures. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01176 Print Map Item-ID: i11404310 BIB-ID: 2763657 Show less
Coasts--Maps, Coasts--Africa, North--Maps--Early works to 1800, Maps, Maps, Maps, Maps, G8220 1606 .M4
Highly decorative rare old map of Morocco published in Amsterdam in 1606 and covers North African coast of Morocco, extending south to Cape Bojador... Show moreHighly decorative rare old map of Morocco published in Amsterdam in 1606 and covers North African coast of Morocco, extending south to Cape Bojador, Canary Islands and Madeira, north to the Spanish Coast with beautiful original coloring. This map in the upper left corner shows Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera. The map was published in the so called "Mercator-Hondius Atlas" by Jodocus Hondius and based upon a map by Gerhard Mercator. The engraver Pieter van der Keere was a Dutch engraver, publisher and globe maker. Hondius republished in the "Mercator-Hondius Atlas", that is now known as one of the most famous atlases from the early 17th century. The Mercator's maps were re-engraved by van der Keere in his distinguished style. Copper engraving. Relief shown pictorially. Title, inset and scale bars in decorative cartouches.Title cartouche has a lion head at top. Embellished with two sailing ships and a sea monster. Inset at top left: Penōn de Velez, high angle pictorial view showing the rock fortress and sailing vessels. Includes two scale bars which read, "Hispanicarum leucarum" and "Milliaria Germanica communia." Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00239 Print Map Item-ID: i11400535 BIB-ID: 1843966 Map title and placenames in Latin. Text on verso in French. Show less
Autore N. Sanson. Relief shown pictorially. Map of the former Roman empire showing the patriarchates. Includes title in the decorative cartouche to... Show moreAutore N. Sanson. Relief shown pictorially. Map of the former Roman empire showing the patriarchates. Includes title in the decorative cartouche to the upper right. Includes inset map of the wanderings of the Israelites in the desert to the lower left. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00289 Print Map Item-ID: i11400717 BIB-ID: 2760549 Show less
par le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy fils, Geographe ordinaire du Roi, Avec Privilege. 1753. Relief shown pictorially. Map of the Ottoman Empire and the... Show morepar le Sr. Robert de Vaugondy fils, Geographe ordinaire du Roi, Avec Privilege. 1753. Relief shown pictorially. Map of the Ottoman Empire and the wider Near and Middle East, from Turkey to Pakistan, showing the settlements, rivers, hills, lakes, and other topographical features. Includes title in the decorative cartouche formed as an Ottoman tent to the lower left, an Ottoman gentleman seated cross-legged on a divan upon a carpet, another man leaning over a carved plinth to the right. Includes five scalebars in the plain cartouche to the lower right. Titled 'États du Grand Seigneur en Asie, Empire de Perse, Pays des Usbecs, Arabie, et Égypte : par le Sr Robert de Vaugondy.' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01202 Print Map Item-ID: i11404772 BIB-ID: 2764255 Show less
compiled by Colonel R.A. Wauhope. Heliozincograph Relief shown by spot heights. In lower right corner, "General Staff India." Main Heritage Compact... Show morecompiled by Colonel R.A. Wauhope. Heliozincograph Relief shown by spot heights. In lower right corner, "General Staff India." Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00088 Print Map Item-ID: i11401497 BIB-ID: 2767488 Show less
Joannes Lhuilier Sculp. t'Amsterdam. Publication details from Tibbetts and Ankary. Relief shown pictorially. Shows title in decorative cartouche at... Show moreJoannes Lhuilier Sculp. t'Amsterdam. Publication details from Tibbetts and Ankary. Relief shown pictorially. Shows title in decorative cartouche at lower left. Shows Lhuilier imprint at lower right with scale bars above. Not to be confused with De Wit's later map with the same title, but which includes de Wit's own name - Tibbetts. Titled "Turcicum Imperium. L'Huilier sculp." in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc., London, 1829. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01106 Print Map Item-ID: i11403299 BIB-ID: 2763641 Show less
