sumptibus Io. Baptista Hommani. Relief shown pictorially. "Cum privil. S.C.M. Grat." Scales given in "milliaria Germanica, "milliaria Turcica," and ... Show moresumptibus Io. Baptista Hommani. Relief shown pictorially. "Cum privil. S.C.M. Grat." Scales given in "milliaria Germanica, "milliaria Turcica," and "mill. Italica." Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01209 Print Map Item-ID: i1140470x BIB-ID: 2763673 Show less
Map of India with relief shown pictorially. Plate [26] from: La geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino / Ptolemy. Venetia : Appresso Vincenzo... Show moreMap of India with relief shown pictorially. Plate [26] from: La geografia di Claudio Tolomeo Alessandrino / Ptolemy. Venetia : Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01055 Print Map Item-ID: i11402921 BIB-ID: 1172635 In Latin. Show less
Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00066 Print Map Item-ID: i11401436 BIB-ID: 2762467 Show moreMain Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00066 Print Map Item-ID: i11401436 BIB-ID: 2762467 Show less
[Ptolémée] ; [éd. Servet]. Gravure sur bois. Ill. : personnages. In : "Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini Geographicae Enarrationis Libri Octo, Prostant... Show more[Ptolémée] ; [éd. Servet]. Gravure sur bois. Ill. : personnages. In : "Claudii Ptolemaei Alexandrini Geographicae Enarrationis Libri Octo, Prostant Lugduni apud Hugonem à Porta", 1541. Voir Pastoureau, "Atlas français", p. 384, [45]. Auteur et éditeur d'après l'inventaire de la collection. This map belongs to the early collection of "the first modern map" of Southern Asia. The map covers the region from the eastern coast of Arabia to the China. Explanation in Latin is given at the coast. The Persian Gulf is purely rectangular in shape. Human figures. This is the reduction of the Waldseemullers map of the region which was the first map to be printed focusing the region. No scale. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00305 Print Map Item-ID: i11400778 BIB-ID: 1172420 Show less
Giacomo Gastaldis edition of 1548, which covers the Arabian peninsula. Aethiopia suboegipto & neighbouring parts of Persia ( Carmania ). Less... Show moreGiacomo Gastaldis edition of 1548, which covers the Arabian peninsula. Aethiopia suboegipto & neighbouring parts of Persia ( Carmania ). Less detail than the 1540 map of Munster. A few towns and tribal names are shown in Arabia. Boundaries are marked where they do not folow rivers or mountains ranges. The sea is dotted.Italian text on verso; "Dell Asia Tavola Sesta Antica......." Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01018 Print Map Item-ID: i11402696 BIB-ID: 1172612 Copy at Maps C.1.b.2. Section 2, across fol. 21/sig. X v and conjugate r. Uk Show less
In Latin with Dutch in the second cartouche The map covers the area from the Oxus to Sumatramand from the Nile Valley to the coast of Burma. A note... Show moreIn Latin with Dutch in the second cartouche The map covers the area from the Oxus to Sumatramand from the Nile Valley to the coast of Burma. A note on this map is given in the introductory essay. From: Itenerario, Voyage ofte Schipvaert van Jan Huyghen Van Linschoten [etc.] Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00980 Print Map Item-ID: i11402647 BIB-ID: 1172607 (In: Itinerario. Voyage ofte Schipvaert van Jan Huygen van Linschoten naer Oost ofte Portugaels Indien, etc. p. 10). Show less
Ptolemys map of Arabia (his map of the sixth province of Asia) is regarded as the basis for future representations of the peninsula, which changed... Show morePtolemys map of Arabia (his map of the sixth province of Asia) is regarded as the basis for future representations of the peninsula, which changed as new information reached Europe. It is accurately located geographically on the southern coast of the Gulf. However the island of Tyllo (Tylos/Bahrain) that should be across from Catara is too Far East near the straits of Hormuz, this map Boundaries are shown as spotted line, Mountains are represented as slabs and shaded. They have a double outline, perhaps an unsuccessful attempt to show the thickness of the slab. The indentures of the coastline, the lines of rivers and outlines of the mountains have a characteristic semi-circular appearance. Names are in Roman type. Nomenclature is approximately the same as the 1478 edition. The engraver is unknown, but M.A.Hind has suggested Rosseli. In the British Museum copy the map was printed in two halves, but these have been joined and the map refolded. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00197 Print Map Item-ID: i11400456 BIB-ID: 1783646 Show less
Relief shown pictorially. At head of title: Africam Graeci Libyam app. "Cum priuilegio." Appears in Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum. 1570. Watermark... Show moreRelief shown pictorially. At head of title: Africam Graeci Libyam app. "Cum priuilegio." Appears in Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum. 1570. Watermark: 2 crossed arrows. Includes col. ill. of fish, ships, etc. Title on verso: Africa. Pg. no. on verso: 4. From: 1598 French text edition of Ortelius' Theatrum. Tooley wrote: of the Thetrum. This was the standard map of Africa for the rest of the sixteenth century; Koeman (History of Abraham Ortelius, p.57) speculated that much of the information for the interior was passed by word of mouth by natives to Arabs and Europeans. This hear say information was not to be proven or disapproved until the ninteenth century. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00399 Print Map Item-ID: i11401114 BIB-ID: 1172454 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
ex descriptione Benedicti Ariae Montani. Ill. : navires à voiles, monstre marin. Carte publiée dans le vol. 8 de la "Biblia regia", bible polyglotte... Show moreex descriptione Benedicti Ariae Montani. Ill. : navires à voiles, monstre marin. Carte publiée dans le vol. 8 de la "Biblia regia", bible polyglotte commandée par Philippe II à Arias Montanus, et publiée à Anvers en 1571-1572. This map covers the Holy Land which is much projected towards westward. The Red Sea and Persian Gulf sea are much wider, leaving the Arabia (peninsula) thinner. Only Northern part of Arabia is shown. Towns represented by castles and circle, mountains shown pictorially. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00456 Print Map Item-ID: i11401254 BIB-ID: 1172468 Show less