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Thomson: Antique Map of Persia & the Caspian Sea, 1817
Thomson: Antique Map of Persia & the Caspian Sea, 1817
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Title/Content of Map: 'Persia [with Armenia]' A large map of the Persian Empire and adjacent territories including the Caspian and Aral Seas, and much of the Caucasus (modern Azerbaijan and Armenia). The map covers the Indus valley and much of modern-day Pakistan, plus "Tartary" (modern Afghanistan, Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan)

  • Date Printed: 1817
  • Image Size: Approx 49.5 x 55.5cm, 19.5 x 21.75 inches (Large); Please note that this is a folding map.
  • Type: Antique early 19th century atlas map with original hand colouring
  • Condition: Good; suitable for framing.
  • Verso: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain
  • Folding: This is a folding map.
  • Artist/Cartographer/Engraver: Drawn & engraved by John & George Menzies for John Thomson's "New General Atlas"
  • Provenance: "A new general atlas, consisting of a series of geographical designs, on various projections, exhibiting the form and component parts of the globe; and a collection of maps and charts, delineating the natural and political divisions of the Empires, Kingdoms, and States in the World", Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for John Thomson and Company, Edinburgh; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, London; and John Cumming, Dublin

    John Thomson (1777-1840) was a Scottish cartographer from Edinburgh, best known for his 1817 New General Atlas.

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  • Condition
    Good; suitable for framing.
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    Thomson: Antique Map of Persia & the Caspian Sea, 1817

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