RED SEA GOLFE ARABIQUE OU MER ROUGE
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Engraved map on large sheet. Shows shoals and banks, anchorages, roads, etc. Relief shown pictorially; depths by soundings in inset maps. Inset maps: Suakem -- Matzua et Arkiko -- Al Babo (ou la Porte) et ses environs -- Port de Giddah.
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Very good condition
RESERVED £135
code : M2699
Cartographer : Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville
Date : 1765 Pais
Size : 68*49 cms
availability : Sold
Price : Sold
Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (born in Paris July 11, 1697 – January 28, 1782), was both a geographer and cartographer who greatly improved the standards of map-making. His maps of ancient geography, characterized by careful, accurate work and based largely on original research, are especially valuable. He left unknown areas of continents blank and noted doubtful information as such; compared to the lavish maps of his predecessors, his maps
