Arabian Gulf Or Red Sea. (Golfe Arabique Ou Mer Rouge) 1765

Old map of Egypt, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen.

day Jiddah, Saudi Arabia), Suakem (present-day Suakin Island, Sudan), Matzua and Arkiko (present-day Hirgigo and Massawa, both in Eritrea), and al-Babo (literally, the mouth), where the Red Sea empties into the Gulf of Aden. Ten scales indicate distance in four different kinds of miles, hours taken by caravans walking to Mecca, four different kinds of leagues, and giams (an Arabic maritime unit of measurement). D'Anville was an important French cartographer known for his scrupulous attention to detail and his commitment to accuracy. His method was to collect and compare as many sources of geographic information as possible and to correct and reissue maps as new information became available. He was appointed the first geographer to the king of France, Louis XV, in 1773, the same year that he was elected to the Academy of Sciences. His own personal collection of maps eventually totaled nearly 9,000 items. The map is a good impression printed on sturdy double-layered paper with full margins; it has some mold stains on the right edge of the image and centerline and light general soiling.
Created by Baptiste Bourguignon D in 1765.

• Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
• "Scale about 1:3,100,000"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
• 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

Egypt

Eritrea

Red Sea

Saudi Arabia

Sudan

Yemen

Baptiste Bourguignon D

1765

Map Tags

1765

Arabian Peninsula

Baptiste Bourguignon D

Egypt

Eritrea

Map

Red Sea

Saudi Arabia

Sudan

Yemen