Chatelain, Henri. Carte de la Turquie, de L'Arabie et de la Perse avec leurs dependances dressée sur les observations les plus nouvelles & les Memoires les plus recens.

Amsterdam, ca. 1720.

Copper-plate engraving (515 x 415 mm).

 1,500.00

Superbly engraved map of region from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, based upon Guillaume de l'Isles map of the same title. The scientific information for this map was taken from the maps of Guillaume de l'Isle. It shows a detailed diagram of the caravan routes to Mecca and Medina from across the Ottoman Empire. A note on the lower left corner gives a description of Turkey, Arabia and Persia.

References

Tibbetts 221. Al-Qasimi 124. Al Ankary 287.

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