Map of Arabia, the Persian Gulf, and the Red Sea; Including Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia. (Carte De L'Arabie, Du Golfe Persique, Et De La Mer Rouge, Avec L'Egypte, La Nubie Et L'Abissinie) 1780

Old map of Bahrain, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

94). It is probably a proof copy of the map of the same title published in his Atlas des toutes les parties connues du globe terrestre (Atlas of all known land surfaces of the globe). The Arabian Peninsula is the main focus of the map, but it also covers much of the Nile Valley on the western shore of the Red Sea. The atlas was created to serve the global commercial and political interests of European traders and officials. Rigobert Bonne was one of many outstanding French cartographers of the 18th century. Self-taught in mathematics, he rose in the French administration to become chief hydrologist of the state Maritime Department. As a theoretician, he published a revision of global cartographic projection entitled Principes sur les mesures en longueur et en capacité (Principles of measurement of length and volume), a copy of which he sent to Thomas Jefferson in 1790 for discussion at the American Philosophical Society.
Created by Rigobert Bonne in 1780.

• Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
• Original resource extent: 1 map ; 21 x 31 centimeters.
• Original resource at: Qatar National Library.
• Content in French.
• Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Map Subjects

Arabian Peninsula

Bahrain

Egypt

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Kuwait

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Somalia

Sudan

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

Rigobert Bonne

1780

Map Tags

1780

Arabian Peninsula

Bahrain

Egypt

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Kuwait

Map

Oman

Qatar

Rigobert Bonne

Saudi Arabia

Somalia

Sudan

United Arab Emirates

Yemen