Early copper-engraved map of the Arabian Peninsula, with parts of surrounding Egypt, Sudan and Iraq and Iran. This uncommon map would have derived from Duval’s miniature atlas titled “Geographiae Universalis”, which was published in 1694 (posthumously). This map, which was first issued in 1661, is fairly accurate for the time of publishing.
Pierre Duval (1618-1683) was an influential French geographer and cartographer. Not a great deal is known about Duval but that he was the son-in-law of important French map maker Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667) who is known as the “Father of French Cartography”. As well as training as a cartographer under Sanson, from around 1650 he worked as “Geographe Ordinaire du Roy” [Geographer to the King of France].
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