Aaron Arrowsmith
Arabia, 1808
10 x 16 in
25.4 x 40.6 cm
25.4 x 40.6 cm
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Arabia. Elegantly engraved map with little other than mountain ranges marked in the interior of the peninsula, an indication of the lack of European knowledge at the time. Fundamentally, the...
Arabia. Elegantly engraved map with little other than mountain ranges marked in the interior of the peninsula, an indication of the lack of European knowledge at the time.
Fundamentally, the map follows the outline of the Peninsula established by D'Anville in the mid 18th century but with new European knowledge integrated into the coastline, particularly from the journeys of Carsten Niebuhr, hence the very early inclusion of "Grayn" in the northwestern section of the Gulf, which is an old name for Kuwait.
More detail is provided through a series of caravan stops from along the route roughly between Basra and Mecca. The west coast shows the great cities of Mecca, Medina and Jeddah.
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Fundamentally, the map follows the outline of the Peninsula established by D'Anville in the mid 18th century but with new European knowledge integrated into the coastline, particularly from the journeys of Carsten Niebuhr, hence the very early inclusion of "Grayn" in the northwestern section of the Gulf, which is an old name for Kuwait.
More detail is provided through a series of caravan stops from along the route roughly between Basra and Mecca. The west coast shows the great cities of Mecca, Medina and Jeddah.
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