Four nautical charts related to the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman
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Series of four tracings related to the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman copied by Frederick Charles Danvers in the late 19th century. The original charts, produced in the second half of the 17th century by an anonymous Dutch chart maker, are housed in the State Archive (Nationaal Archief), The Hague...
Distinctive Features: Depths in the Strait of Hormuz and along the coasts of Persia and Oman shown by soundings. Shoals and rocks represented by dots and crosses with annotations. Top and left margins are divided and marked with numbers.
Five maps from C. Ritter's 'Geography of Arabia' compiled by Carl Zimmermann
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Imprint: Berlin, Published by Dietrich Reimer and lithographed by Hermann Delius. Distinctive Features: Original title: 'Fünf Karten zu C. Ritter's Erdkunde von Arabien. Bearbeitet von Carl Zimmermann'.
Versuch einer Darstellung der Küsten-Gegend von Oman & Mahra
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Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Title continues: 'Vornämlich nach Wellsted, ferner nach Whitelock, Cruttendon, Niebuhr, Haines Aucher Eloy, zu C. Ritters Erdkunde von Carl Zimmermann. Berlin 1846. Zum Arabischen Heft des Atlas von Vorder-Asien gehörig'. Map of Oman showing t...
Jemen. Versuch einer Darstellung vom glücklichen oder südöstlichen Arabien zu C. Ritters Erdkunde (Drittes Buch West Asien Band VI)
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Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Map of Yemen showing routes of various expeditions with a list of explorers and dates of their journeys at left centre. Also shows approximate location of local tribes with boundary between territories coloured for reference. Includes two inse...
Hadramaut. von Carl Zimmermann, Second Lieutenant im 21ten Jnfanterie Regiment, Berlin 1846 bei G. Reimer. (Zum Atlas von Vorder Asien gehörig)
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Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Shows routes of various expeditions with a table of explorers and dates of their journeys listed at left centre of sheet at IOR/X/2942/5/2. Includes inset: ‘Plan von Aden und des umliegenden Landes’ with soundings recorded and note: ‘nach den P...
'Entwurf zu dem Kriegsschauplatze in Asyr vor dem Jahr 1824'
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Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Title continues: ‘von einem Zögling der türkischen Ingenieurschule in Assuan in Romfode, in Handschrift mitgetheilt durch Prof. Ehrenberg zur Erläuterung der Erdkunde von Arabien. Band XII der Allg. E. p. 1027 u. f.’. Map of ʻAsīr Region [pre...
‘Skizze einer Karte von Asyr und einem Theile von Hedjas und Nedjd nach Chedufeaus Materialien, entworfen von den Capt. Ing. Galinier und Ferret’
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Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Map of ʻAsīr Region [present-day Saudi Arabia] and portion of Hedjas [Al-Hejaz] and Nedjd [Najd] showing a coffee growing district, various routes and the approximate location of the major nomadic tribes across the region. Above neat line in ...
Imprint: Published by Dietrich Reimer in Berlin. Edition statement: Second edition, revised and expanded. Distinctive Features: From H. Kiepert’s ‘Neuer Handatlas’, map no. 28 engraved by J. Sulzer and printed by F. Barth. Relief shown by hachures. Boundaries of the Ottoman and Russian ...