ERSTER THEIL DER KARTE VON ASIEN WELCHE

£595

Full Title ""Erster Theil der Karte von Asien welche die Türkei, Arabien, Persien, Indien diesseits des Ganges und einen Theil der Tatarei enthält".

Stunning monumental map of Arabia, Persia and India based on D'Anville. Certainly one of the most detailed maps produced of the area. Covers the area from Turkey, Black and Caspian seas Through Persia to Tibet , India and back to Arabia. This map had the most up to date information at the time.

Beautifully hand coloured to highlight the Empires and Countries at the time.

Mint condition for this scarce map

The map is in 2 large sheets and can be sent joined if wanted

code : M4650

Cartographer : Franz Schraembl

Date : 1786

Size : 76*76 cms

availability : Available

Price : £595

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SCHRAEMBL, Franz Anton

1751-1803

In the last decades of the eighteenth centurv Anton Schrambl and Joseph von Reilly led a successful revival of map making in Vienna.

Completion of Schrambl's ambitious World Atlas, started in 1786, based on the best available sources of the time, was much delayed and the maps were issued piecemeal year by year until the whole atlas appeared in 1800. 1786-1800 Algemeiner Grosser At/as