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[Persia]: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps


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This is a rare 1726 map of Persia by Francois Valentijn. It covers from the Gulf of Suez eastward to Ahmedabad (Amadabad) in modern-day western India. This map, centered on Persia, includes the Caspian Sea and part of the Arabian Peninsula. The map is highly detailed, noting numerous rivers, towns, islands and mountains. Stippling along the coastlines indicates shallows. The detail of this elegant and scarce map, alas, reflects the cartography of the previous centuries: place names are largely consistent with those found on the 16th century maps of Giacomo Gastaldi, which were largely passed along wholesale to Blaeu, whose labors this map s maker appears to have mined. ....

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