Subject: Middle East
Period: 1781 (dated)
Publication: Atlas Portatif
Color: Hand Color
Size:
8.7 x 12.7 inches
22.1 x 32.3 cm
The focus of this detailed map is on eastern Turkey and the Middle East, surrounded by the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf. The map depicts the regions and boundaries of the area as they were known to 18th century cartographers. Published in Abbe Grenet's Atlas Portatif.
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Condition: A
Watermarked paper with some toning along edges.