'Map showing tribes and new boundary of the Aden Protectorate'
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Map showing territories surrounding the Aden Protectorate, with indications of tribes and sub-tribes. The Protectorate boundary and the tribal boundaries within the Protectorate area are in red ink. The map indicates settlements, hydrology and provides some indication of relief. The map was pr...
MAP NO.1: TURKEY IN EUROPE ZONE OF THE STRAITS SMYRNA THE ISLANDS
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This map shows Turkey where it is included in Europe and features the Straits, Smyrna [Izmir], and islands. The map indicates boundaries and relief with contours. The map includes a printing statement which reads '(B 16478) WT 18378-212.5050.10/20.H&S,LTD.'
This map shows Turkey where it is included in Asia and indicates the boundaries between Turkey, Syria, Mesopotamia and the Old Frontier. The map also indicates relief with contours. The map includes a printing statement which reads '(B 16479) WT 18378-212.5050.10/20.H&S,LTD.'
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...
