An important early map of Yemen
Terrae Yemen maxima Pars, seu Imperii Imami, Principatus Kaukebân, nec non ditionum Haschid u Bekîl, Hehhm, Chaul ân, Abu Arîsch et Aden Tabula ex observationibus astronomicis et hodometrici jussu et sumtibus Potentissimor: Daniae Regnum Friderici V, et Christiani VII. institutis delineata.
Copenhagen, 1763. 570 x 380mm.
£500.00
Description
An eraly example of one of the first detailed maps of Yemen, as surveyed by Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815), a. German engineer, mathematican and astronomer, who was the only survivor of a Danish expedition from Sinai to Yemen, 1761-7.
Condition:
Original binding folds. Very fine exampleRelated products
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