New Persia, Armenia, Anatolia and Arabia. (Nova Persiæ, Armeniæ, Natoliæ, Et Arabiæ) 1666

Old map of Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

1706). It was published in Amsterdam in about 1666. The map covers the regions from present-day Turkey and Egypt to Afghanistan and the Arabian Peninsula, the Red Sea, the Nile River, Cyprus, Asia Minor, the Gulf of Aden, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and the Indian Ocean. Unlike in many antique maps of the area, a great amount of geographic information is shown throughout the Arabian Peninsula, including the locations of cities, towns, rivers, and mountain ranges. The details in this map can be attributed to Nicolas Sanson's map of 1654, called Carte des Trois Arabies, which is widely regarded as one of the largest-scale and most detailed maps of the region of its day. The decorative title cartouche features several exotic figures and animals and a merchant ship with its boat. De Wit was born in Gouda and moved to Amsterdam, where he maintained his shop on the Kalverstraat. His works included sea and world atlases, wall maps, and town books containing plans of Dutch and European cities. Some time after 1674 he acquired the copper plates of town books by Johannes Janssonius and Joan Blaeu. In 1688, he obtained from the States General, the Dutch government of the day, the privilege to publish his maps. De Wit's maps were in demand throughout Europe and were sold until 1763 by the firm of Johannes Covens and Corneille Mortier.

Created by Nicolas Sanson, Frederik De Wit in 1666.

• Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
• "Scale approximately 1:8,750,000"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
• Original resource extent: 1 map : color ; 43 x 54 centimeters.
• Original resource at: Qatar National Library.
• Content in Latin.
• Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Map Tags

1654 To 1666

1666

Afghanistan

Arabian Gulf

Arabian Peninsula

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Bahrain

Caspian Sea

Djibouti

Egypt

Eritrea

Frederik De Wit

Iran Islamic Republic Of

Iraq

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Map

Nicolas Sanson

Oman

Pakistan

Persian Gulf

Qatar

Red Sea

Saudi Arabia

Sudan

Syrian Arab Republic

Turkey

Turkmenistan

United Arab Emirates

Yemen