Subject: Eastern Mediterranean & Middle East
Period: 1720-25 (circa)
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Color: Hand Color
Two small maps depicting the Persian Empire from the Balkans to present-day Pakistan. Both maps give basic information with rivers and a few place names identified, and show the Caspian Sea in a rudimentary shape.
A. The Persian Empire Divided into Twenty Governments by Darius Son of Histaspes, by Christopher Browne, from Geographia Classica: The Geography of the Ancients, circa 1720 (9.0 x 6.2"). References: cf. McCorkle (18th C. Geography Books) #117 [28].
B. Imperium Persicum Tempore Cyri Magni, by Herman Moll, from Geographia Antiqua, circa 1721 (8.8 x 6.1"). References: McCorkle (18th C. Geography Books) #284 [4].
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Condition: A
Nice impressions on bright sheets with later color.