Map Map of the Arabian Coast, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf. Carte de la Coste d'Arabie, Mer Rouge, et Golfe de Perse
About this Item
Title
- Map of the Arabian Coast, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf.
Other Title
- Carte de la Coste d'Arabie, Mer Rouge, et Golfe de Perse
Summary
- This map of the coastlines of the Arabian Peninsula and adjacent regions is by the French hydrographer and cartographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-72). Bellin was attached to the French Marine Office for more than 50 years and specialized in producing maritime maps. He also made most of the maps for Histoire générale des voyages: ou, Nouvelle collection de toutes les relations de voyages par mer et par terre, qui ont été publiées jusqu'à présent dans les différentes langues de toutes les nations connues (General history of the voyages, or, a new collection of all the accounts of voyages on sea and on land, which have been published up to the present in the different languages of all known countries), a 15-volume compendium edited by Abbé Antoine-François Prévost (1697--1763) and published between 1746 and 1759. This map appeared in the first volume of this work. The map shows coastlines, ports, and coastal shoals. At a time when the determination of location was still an inexact science, a note at upper right explains the use of three different symbols on the map: a star to indicate places where location had been determined by astronomical observations of latitude and longitude; a cross to indicate places where location had been determined by astronomical observations of (only) latitude; and a modified cross to indicate places where location had been determined by latitudinal observations made by skilled navigators.
Names
- Bellin, Jacques-Nicolas, 1703-1772 Cartographer.
- La Harpe, Jean-François de, 1739-1803 Editor.
Created / Published
- Paris : Didot, [1745 to 1746]
Headings
- - Djibouti
- - Eritrea
- - Ethiopia
- - Somalia
- - Sudan
- - Iran, Islamic Republic of
- - Bahrain
- - Egypt
- - Iraq
- - Israel
- - Jordan
- - Kuwait
- - Oman
- - Qatar
- - Saudi Arabia
- - United Arab Emirates
- - Yemen
- - 1745 to 1746
- - Arabian Gulf
- - Arabian Peninsula
- - Persian Gulf
- - Red Sea
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "Scale approximately 1:12,600,000"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 1 map ; 22 x 25 centimeters.
- - 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.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021668554
Online Format
- compressed data
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