This detailed bird's-eye plan was one of the most popular plans of Jerusalem with 36 important locations identified by name through a key index, ... Show moreThis detailed bird's-eye plan was one of the most popular plans of Jerusalem with 36 important locations identified by name through a key index, including what is now Temple Mount (upper center) and the walls and gates of what is now the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel. Biblical scenes include the crucifixion at Golgotha (Calvary, bottom left) and King Solomon's anointment at Berch Gihon (bottom right). This map was originally published in Amsterdam in 1665 by Claes Janszoon Visscher as part of a Dutch bible. The name translates to "the holy and expanded city of Jerusalem, first known as Salem." While it is an imaginary plan, it provides great detail of the city walls and streets with a numbered key to important religious sites. Solomon's Temple is at upper center and Herod's Palace is located at the far left. This is the second state adding biblical scenes on the hillsides in the foreground. The elder's mark (an old fisherman) can be seen top left of the map key. Bird's eye view. Relief shown pictorially. Copperplate engraving ; "C.J. Visscher, excud."--Bottom right. Dutch text on verso: "Beschrijvinge van Jerusalem." Map is oriented with north towards the left. Geographic coordinates based on centerpoint derived from a modern Jerusalem map. Selected buildings shown pictorially with notes and placenames. Important scenes depicted along the bottom. Includes an alpha-numeric scroll key held by an eagle, indexing points of interest. Shows Solomon's temple, Palace of Herod, Golgotha with scene of the crucificion, Mount Gihon, scene of the annoiting of Solomon as King by Zadok the Priest. The plan is the same as the 1630 Stern's plan of Jerusalem. --Laor. Inscription in lower center "Dese Kaerte wert gestelt voor het 3 Cap. Nehemia" explains that the map was to appear in a bible before Nehemiah, chapter 3. From: Korte beschryvinge van de landschappen des werelts enz ; map 4. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00250 Print Map Item-ID: i11400584 BIB-ID: 1845449 The Visscher family includes 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
This map by Jan Huygen van Linschoten is representative of different school of cartpgraphy dating from the end of the 16th century. He used details... Show moreThis map by Jan Huygen van Linschoten is representative of different school of cartpgraphy dating from the end of the 16th century. He used details brought back by numerous voyagers to compile information on the entire region. The shape of the Arabian Peninsula, including the whole of Arabia, is far more accurate than of earlier maps. Julfaf (now called Ras al Khaimah) is indicated for the first time. The arrowhead-shaped Qatar peninsula, called catura, can be clearly distinguished. It is located in the midst of an oyster-bed represented by small pearl-dots. [Jan Huygen van Linschoten, Henricus F. ab Langren]. Relief shown pictorially. From the author's Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan Huygen van Linschoten naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien. Includes decorative cartouche and compass rose and col. ill. Some information taken from dealer's appraisal catalog. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00041 Print Map Item-ID: i11401412 BIB-ID: 1783519 Title and place names in Latin and Dutch. Show less
door Pieter Vander Aa. Diego Lopez de Sequeira. Relief shown pictorially Only covers the eastern part of the Peninsula Main Heritage Compact General HC... Show moredoor Pieter Vander Aa. Diego Lopez de Sequeira. Relief shown pictorially Only covers the eastern part of the Peninsula Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00358 Print Map Item-ID: i11401011 BIB-ID: 1172444 Show less
Coasts--Maps, Coasts--Africa, Southern--Maps--Early works to 1800
Arnoldus F. à Langren delineavit & scalpsit. Relief shown pictorially. Detached from: Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan Huygen van... Show moreArnoldus F. à Langren delineavit & scalpsit. Relief shown pictorially. Detached from: Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan Huygen van Linschoten naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien. Companion map to Typus orarum maritimarum Guineae, Manicongo, & Angôlae ultra promontorium Bonae Spei ... Includes decorative strapwork cartouche, compass roses and navigation hazards. This finely engraved map is elaborated by title-pieces,compass-roses, and lettering performed by Arnold van Langren. Vignette of Prester John the legendary christian King is depicted just inside above the map. Scale: Milliaria Germanica, 50. Hispanicae 17,1/2 uni Gradiu competentia, 180. [low. middle] Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00347 Print Map Item-ID: i11400961 BIB-ID: 1172439 Title in Latin and Dutch. Place names in Latin and Portuguese. Show less
Coasts--Maps, Coasts--Africa, Southern--Maps--Early works to 1800, G8480 1596 .L5
This is a highly decorative map of the southwestern coast of Africa with early color. The scale is in German miles and Spanish leagues. There are... Show moreThis is a highly decorative map of the southwestern coast of Africa with early color. The scale is in German miles and Spanish leagues. There are coastal views of the islands of Ascension and St. Helena within a strap work cartouche at the bottom of the map and two compass roses. The title cartouche is decorated with birds, fruit and scroll-work, the sea is decorated with ships and a sea-creature, and the land is decorated with animals and mythical creatures. Also this map covers the western coast of Africa from the Gulf of Guinea to just beyond the Cape of Good Hope with excellent detail along the coastline. This map superbly engraved in the Flemish style by Florent van Langren, and the first Dutch edition of Linschoten's "Itinerario..." was published by Cornelis Claesz in 1596. Arnoldus F. á Langren delineauit, & scalpsit. Relief shown pictorially. Appears in the author's Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert van Jan Huygen van Linschoten naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien. Companion map to Delineatio orarum maritimarum, terrae vulgo indigetatae terra do Natal item Sofalae, Mozambicae & Melindae ... Includes views of Ascension Island and Saint Helena, decorative cartouche and compass roses, and col. ill. Has watermark. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00240 Print Map Item-ID: i11400547 BIB-ID: 1843969 Title in Latin and English. Place names in Latin and Portuguese. Show less
par Pierre vander Aa. Relief shown pictorially Title in cartouche in Dutch, below neatline in French Tibbets, no 186 Main Heritage Compact General HC... Show morepar Pierre vander Aa. Relief shown pictorially Title in cartouche in Dutch, below neatline in French Tibbets, no 186 Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00068 Print Map Item-ID: i17065719 BIB-ID: 1525231 Show less
J. Keizer inv. et sculp. 1731. Qatar is on the map as the placename "Catara" Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00056 Print Map Item-ID: i17065628 BIB... Show moreJ. Keizer inv. et sculp. 1731. Qatar is on the map as the placename "Catara" Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00056 Print Map Item-ID: i17065628 BIB-ID: 1525222 Show less
From: Nieuwe En Beknopte Hand-Atlas : Bestaande In Eene Verzameling Van Eenige Der Algemeenste En Nodigste Landkaarten ... no Main Heritage Compact... Show moreFrom: Nieuwe En Beknopte Hand-Atlas : Bestaande In Eene Verzameling Van Eenige Der Algemeenste En Nodigste Landkaarten ... no Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00058 Print Map Item-ID: i1706563x BIB-ID: 1525223 Show less
Voyages and travels, Description and travel, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS7 .V37 1654
van de Heer Ludowyck di Barthema van Bononien, Ridder &c. : gedaen in de Morgenlanden, Syrien, Arabien, Perssen, Indien, Egypten, Ethiopien en... Show morevan de Heer Ludowyck di Barthema van Bononien, Ridder &c. : gedaen in de Morgenlanden, Syrien, Arabien, Perssen, Indien, Egypten, Ethiopien en andere. Uyt het italiaens in hoogh-duyts vertaelt door Hier. Megiserium en uyt den selven - in't Neder-duyts gebracht door F.S. Rare second Dutch translation of this highly important and adventurous narrative containing the first recorded visit of a non-Muslim to Mecca. This edition includes for the first time several full-page engravings - one depicting a 15th-century battle against camel-riding Arabs. - Ludovico di Varthema or Barthema (ca. 1468-1517) sailed from Venice to Egypt in 1502 and travelled through Alexandria, Beirut, Tripoli, and Aleppo, arriving in Damascus in April 1503. Here he enrolled in the Mameluke garrison and proceeded overland to Khaybar, Medina and Mekka, thereby becoming the first European to enter the two holiest cities of Islam. His travels furthermore took him to South Arabia, Shiraz (Persia), India, Goa, Cochin, and supposedly the Malay isthmus, Sumatra, Banda, the Moluccas, the Spice Islands, Borneo, Java and Malacca. He finally returned to Lisbon in 1508. - "Varthema's Itinerario, first published in 1510, had an enormous impact at the time, and in some respects determined the course of European expansion towards the Orient" (Howgego). His account, moreover, contains a detailed description of Mecca and the Islamic pilgrimage, and four evocative plates (including an illustration of a Sati ritual). - Contrary to the statement on the title-page, this is de second Dutch translation; an earlier and rather elusive rendering had already been published at Antwerp in 1544 (recorded in just one institutional copy worldwide!). The present translation was made by Felix van Sambix de Jonge after Megiser's German translation of the Italian. With a poem by Simon de Vries Main Heritage Shelves General DS7 .V37 1654 Book Item-ID: i16875606 BIB-ID: 1510982 Show less
Thaʻālibī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān , 1383 or 1384-1470 or 1471, Islamic architecture--Mosques, Islamic architecture--Mosques--Algeria--Algiers--Photographs
Title from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (1204) in the negative and titled in pencil on the mount. Main Heritage... Show moreTitle from item, date devised by Library staff. The photograph is numbered (1204) in the negative and titled in pencil on the mount. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2017.0165 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24476791 BIB-ID: 2537322 Show less
Deel II. and III. have each a second titlepage, which reads: "De Aarde en hare Bewooners. ... Ten vervolge op E. A. W. von Zimmerman. ... Vijfde (... Show moreDeel II. and III. have each a second titlepage, which reads: "De Aarde en hare Bewooners. ... Ten vervolge op E. A. W. von Zimmerman. ... Vijfde (-zesde) deel.". Main Heritage Shelves General DS107 .K36 1835 Book vol 1 Item-ID: i10077625 BIB-ID: 1009398 Show less
vol. 1. Introduction. Distribution of the people, forms of government and administration of justice. Achehnese calendars, festivals and seasons.... Show morevol. 1. Introduction. Distribution of the people, forms of government and administration of justice. Achehnese calendars, festivals and seasons. Agriculture, navigation and fishery. Laws relating to land and water. Domestic life and law. -- vol. 2. Learning and science. Literature. Games and pastimes. Religion. Index. by Dr. C. Snouck Hurgronje ; translated by the late A.W.S. O'Sullivan ; with an index by R.J. Wilkinson. Main Heritage Shelves General DS646.1 .S66 1906 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i24531376 BIB-ID: 2623731 Show less
vol. 1. Introduction. Distribution of the people, forms of government and administration of justice. Achehnese calendars, festivals and seasons.... Show morevol. 1. Introduction. Distribution of the people, forms of government and administration of justice. Achehnese calendars, festivals and seasons. Agriculture, navigation and fishery. Laws relating to land and water. Domestic life and law. -- vol. 2. Learning and science. Literature. Games and pastimes. Religion. Index. by Dr. C. Snouck Hurgronje ; translated by the late A.W.S. O'Sullivan ; with an index by R.J. Wilkinson. Main Heritage Shelves General DS646.1 .S66 1906 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i24531388 BIB-ID: 2623731 Show less
Struys, Jan Janszoon , -1694, Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--17th century, Voyages and travels, Voyages and travels--Early works to 1800, Description and travel, Description and travel, DS506 .S77 1681
de Jean Struys. Added t.p. engr. Main Heritage Display General DS506 .S77 1681 Book Item-ID: i10135492 BIB-ID: 2502517 With: Relation du naufrage dún... Show morede Jean Struys. Added t.p. engr. Main Heritage Display General DS506 .S77 1681 Book Item-ID: i10135492 BIB-ID: 2502517 With: Relation du naufrage dún vaisseau hollandois... A Amstredam :Chés la veuveVeuve de J. van Meurs, 1681 Show less
door Carsten Niebuhr. Dutch translation of an important and famous account of the Danish royal expedition to the Middle East, Egypt, Persia and... Show moredoor Carsten Niebuhr. Dutch translation of an important and famous account of the Danish royal expedition to the Middle East, Egypt, Persia and India (1761-67), the first scientific expedition to this area. The original German edition was published two years earlier, in Copenhagen. Niebuhr's account is here bound with the Dutch translation of Michaëlis's work, containing a review of the first. "The expedition had been proposed by the Hebrew scholar Johann David Michäelis of Göttingen for the purpose of illustrating certain passages of the Old Testament, and initially envisaged only a single traveller, possible an Arabic scholar. However, the idea rapidly blossomed into a fully-fledged scientfiic expedition. The team eventually assembled, for which there was no appointed leader, included Niebuhr as surveyor, along with Friedrich Christian von Haven, Peter Forskall, Christian Carl Kramer, Georg Bauernfeind, and a Swedish ex-soldier named Berggren" (Howgego). - Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815) was the sole survivor, and his work represents an important contribution to the study of the Middle East. His map of Yemen, the first exact map of the area ever, remained the standard for the next 200 years. The plates include views of the mosques of Mecca and Medina, and 6 maps including the map of Yemen and of the Gulf of Suez. Furthermore it contains Arabic specimens from the Qur'an, with vowel points and decorations hand coloured. Niebuhr's "accounts are probably the best and most authentic of their day" (Cox). - In fine condition; only minor foxing in a couple of plates. Wholly untrimmed, with all deckles intact. Binding rubbed and with some abrasions, but structurally sound. Important contribution to the study of the Middle East. Main Heritage Shelves General DS206 .N54 1774 Book Item-ID: i16875291 BIB-ID: 1510948 Show less
الشعر العربي, الشعر العربي--الدواوين والقصائد, Arabic Poetry, الشعر العربي--تاريخ ونقد, الشعر العربي--العصر العباسي، 750-1258--تاريخ ونقد, Arabic poetry--History and criticism, Arabic poetry--750-1258--History and criticism, PJ7541 .I26 1902
تأليف أبي محمد عبد الله بن مسلم ابن قتيبة. يتضمن كشافات. صفحة عنوان إضافية بعنوان: Liber poesis et poetarum / Ibn Qotaiba; quem edidit M.J. de Goeje. ... Show moreتأليف أبي محمد عبد الله بن مسلم ابن قتيبة. يتضمن كشافات. صفحة عنوان إضافية بعنوان: Liber poesis et poetarum / Ibn Qotaiba; quem edidit M.J. de Goeje. الناشر على الغلاف: دار صادر. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ7541 .I26 1902 Book Item-ID: i23681299 BIB-ID: 1105783 يتضمن شروح ومسرد مصطلحات باللغة الهولندية. Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General DC225 .L44 1825 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i15640231 BIB-ID: 1011315 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DC225 .L44 1825 Book vol. 1 Item-ID: i15640231 BIB-ID: 1011315 Show less
Deel II. and III. have each a second titlepage, which reads: "De Aarde en hare Bewooners. ... Ten vervolge op E. A. W. von Zimmerman. ... Vijfde (... Show moreDeel II. and III. have each a second titlepage, which reads: "De Aarde en hare Bewooners. ... Ten vervolge op E. A. W. von Zimmerman. ... Vijfde (-zesde) deel.". Main Heritage Shelves General DS107 .K36 1835 Book vol 2&3 Item-ID: i20244447 BIB-ID: 1009398 Show less
door P.A.M. Boele van Hensbroek. "Bekroond door, en uitegeven op last van de Vereeniging ter bevordering van de belangen des boekhandels." Includes... Show moredoor P.A.M. Boele van Hensbroek. "Bekroond door, en uitegeven op last van de Vereeniging ter bevordering van de belangen des boekhandels." Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ37.X1 B64 1875 Book Item-ID: i10077376 BIB-ID: 1009373 Show less