The Red Sea
A selection of 15 sets of maps, charts and plans relating to the Red Sea region
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1Oolitic Iron Ore Deposits in Wadi Fatima Between Jeddah and Mecca, Saudi …Jeddah, 1966.
€ 850.00Rare Saudi government publication on iron ore deposits (mainly Goethite and Hematite) in Western Arabia. As stated in the foreword, "Bulletin 2 is the first geological report on an occurrence of a single metallic mineral to be published by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources". Wadi Fatima, east of Jiddah on the Arabian Red Sea coast, …
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2Plan de la ville de Moka située sur la Mer Rouge.Paris, 1764.
€ 450.00Finely engraved map of Mocha, Yemen, from Jacques Nicolas Bellin's "Le Petit Atlas Maritime Recueil de Cartes et Plans des Quatre Parlies du Monde en Cinq Volumes", first published in Paris in 1764.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-72) was among the most important mapmakers of the 18th century. In 1721, at age 18, he was appointed hydrographer …
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5Red Sea - Gulf of Suez. Gimsah and Kabreit Anchorages and Approaches surveyed …London, 1920.
€ 800.00Nautical chart (3752) of the Gulf of Suez. Engraved chart, including tidal information, compass roses, soundings, seabed notations, currents, sandbanks, shoals, inland elevations. This edition first published in 1909, revised in 1920, with stamp "examined & corrected 1926". Signs of contemporary use with markings in red ink. A few edge flaws.
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6Approaches to JeddahJidda with its Approaches Surveyed by Commander W. J. L. Wharton, R.N. …London, 1927 1930.
€ 2,500.00Detailed British Admiralty chart of the approaches to Jeddah, present-day Saudi Arabia, with an inset chart of Jeddah Harbour and the city itself.
This is undoubtedly one of the better antiquarian maps of the gateway city to Mecca and Medina. Jeddah was an important diplomatic city when the map was made; illustrated are the consulates of Britain, …
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10Ora regionis aromatiferae a Ras Gulvainy ad Ras Hafoun. Libyae ora orientalis …Paris, 1860.
€ 600.00An antique map showing the East African coastline, extending from the mouth of the Red Sea to the Island of Zanzibar. The work was originally included in Karl Müller's "Geographi Graeci minores", along with many other maps of the region.
The map is highly detailed, showing many settlements, mountains, wadis, and more. The map is composed …
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11Sinus Arabici pars meridionalis secundum Agatharchidem, Arthemidorum, Plinium, …Paris, 1860.
€ 750.00An antique map of the upper portion of the Red Sea, referred to on the map as the Sea of Arabia, stretching from the western Gulf of Aden to central Eritrea. This region, one of the most important shipping lanes in the world, also includes parts of the modern-day nations of Yemen, Djibouti, and Somalia. The work was originally included in Karl Müller's …
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12Perim Island (or Meyún) and Bab-El-Mandeb Small Strait Surveyed by Lieutt. …London, 1874 1919.
€ 1,500.00Extremely detailed chart of Perim Island (also called Mayyun in Arabic) in the Strait of Mandeb, at the southern entrance to the Red Sea.
Perim is a small but geopolitically important island at the entrance to the Red Sea. With the beginning of the French-backed Suez Canal project in the 1850s, the United Kingdom became convinced of the need …
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13The Red Sea in 86 maps - 1:200,000General'nyí shtab. (Red Sea 1:200,000).Moscow, 1975-1991.
€ 35,000.00Nearly all of the Soviet Union's 1:200,000 General Staff map quadrangles showing the Red Sea coast of the Arabian Peninsula: from the Russian series of maps produced during the Cold War, based on high-quality satellite imagery, but usually also ground reconnaissance. While there are a few lacunae in Yemen near the south-western tip of the Peninsula, …
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14A large trove of Saudi Landsat mapsSaudi Arabia Landsat Image Maps (1:250,000). 20 maps.Reston, VA / Jiddah, 1979-1981.
€ 8,500.00The joint NASA/USGS Landsat Programme started in the early 1970s, providing the longest continuous space-based record of the Earth’s surface. Of the 25 maps in 1:250,000 scale produced during 1979-81, 20 are included here (wanting 2, 3, 4 [IR 301, 302, 303], 13 [IR 312], 16 [IR 315]). They cover the stretch of the Red Sea coast from just below …
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15Jemen. Hadramaut. Versuch einer Darstellung vom glücklichen oder südöstlichen …Berlin, 1846.
€ 950.00Fine large-format map of the southern portion of the Arabian Peninsula. Includes a large inset plan of Aden and smaller inset maps of the island of Socotra and a smaller map of the routes to Mecca. Illustrates the indigenous peoples, towns, topography and trade routes in the region.
2 sheets, unjoined.