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Map A Current and Correct Depiction of Arabia Felix, Arabia Petraea, and Arabia Deserta. Arabie Felicis, Petraeae et Desertae nova et accurata delineatio

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Title

  • A Current and Correct Depiction of Arabia Felix, Arabia Petraea, and Arabia Deserta.

Other Title

  • Arabie Felicis, Petraeae et Desertae nova et accurata delineatio

Summary

  • This map from 1658 was published by Johannes Janssonius (1588-1664), or Jan Jansson. Jansson was born in Arnhem, the son of Jan Jansson the Elder, a publisher and bookseller. Jansson's maps are similar to those of Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638), the founder of the Blaeu cartographic firm, and Jansson is sometimes accused of copying from his rival, but many of his maps predate those of Blaeu or cover different regions. This map is very similar to an earlier Blaeu map. The map shows more rivers on the Arabian Peninsula, six in total, than on many other maps. Some town names are badly copied, such as "Bocealima," which is Blaeu's "Roccalima." "Mascalat" is shown as a large and important town. There are dotted lines along the coast from "Calva" in the present-day United Arab Emirates (UAE) to beyond Bahrain Island. The Arabian Gulf is called "Mare elcatif olim Sinus Persicus" (Al Qatif Sea formerly known as the Persian Gulf) and the Strait of Hormuz called "Basora fretum" or Strait of Basra. The Red Sea is called "Mare Rubrum turcis Mare Mecca olim Sinus Arabicus" (Red Sea, named Sea of Mecca by Turks and formerly known as the Arabian Gulf).

Names

  • Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664 Creator.

Created / Published

  • Amsterdam : [publisher not identified], 1658.

Headings

  • -  Bahrain
  • -  Iraq
  • -  Kuwait
  • -  Oman
  • -  Qatar
  • -  Saudi Arabia
  • -  United Arab Emirates
  • -  Yemen
  • -  1658
  • -  Arabian Peninsula
  • -  Persian Gulf

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 map; color; 42 x 49.50 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.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668412

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Jansson, Jan, Creator. A Current and Correct Depiction of Arabia Felix, Arabia Petraea, and Arabia Deserta. [Amsterdam: Publisher Not Identified, 1658] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668412/.

APA citation style:

Jansson, J. (1658) A Current and Correct Depiction of Arabia Felix, Arabia Petraea, and Arabia Deserta. [Amsterdam: Publisher Not Identified] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668412/.

MLA citation style:

Jansson, Jan, Creator. A Current and Correct Depiction of Arabia Felix, Arabia Petraea, and Arabia Deserta. [Amsterdam: Publisher Not Identified, 1658] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668412/>.