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Carte Marine de la Mer Caspiene levee suivant les ordres de S M Czariene [Marine chart of the Caspian Sea drawn up following the orders of His Majesty the Czar] par Mr Carl Vanverden by Guillaume Delisle (De Lisle) and published in Amsterdam by Reinier Ottens (MCA/01/02/03/04)  

Publication Date:  1723
Publisher:  Reinier Ottens
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  top map 54x61 on sheet 64x65cm; lower map 46x59.5 on sheet 54x64.5cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

L'Empire de Alexandre le Grand par J[ean] B[aptiste] Nolin engraved by Charles Nicolas-Dauphin Beauvais and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/01/17)  

Publication Date:  [1759]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 20x28.5 on sheet 22.5x31.5cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Imperii Persici delineatio ex scriptis Potissimum Geographicis Arabum tentata ab Adriano Relando [The Persian Empire drawn....after Adrian Relando] published in Amsterdam by Petrus Schenk (MCA/01/01/03/14)  

Publication Date:  [1705]
Publisher:  Petrus Schenk
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 46x58 on sheet 54x62cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Alexandri Magni Macedonia Expeditio by Abraham Ortelius accompanied by a text with same title on the reverse (MCA/01/02/01/13)  

Publication Date:  1595
Creator:  Ortelius, Abraham
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 36x46 on sheet 43x52.5cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Verschiedene Prospecte der vornemsten Stadten in Persien [Various views of the most prominent cities in Persia]  

Publication Date:  [1716]
Creator:  Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Publisher:  Johann Baptist Homann ( Nuremberg )
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 49x58cm on sheet 52x60cm
Technique:  Copper etching. Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Printed map of South Eastern Africa, annotated by David Livingstone  

Publication Date:  1850
Creator:  Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  H98 x W66 cm
Subjects:  Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

Wuchow city  

Publication Date:  1901
Creator:  China. Imperial Maritime Customs.
China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Publisher:  China. Inspector General of Customs. Statistical Department. ( Shanghai )
Format:  1 map
Subjects:  China. Hai guan zong shui wu si shu
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Ancient Persian Empire drawn and engraved by John Dower and published in London by Henry Teesdale & Co (MCA/01/02/01/09)  

Publication Date:  1831
Creator:  Dower, John
Publisher:  Henry Teesdale & Co
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 34x41.5 on sheet 36.5x43.5cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  Iran -- Maps
ایران -- آسیا
ایران -- نقشه ها
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Persia ex Adamo Oleario [Persia from Adam Olearius] by mapmakers Phillipus Cluverius and Adam Olearius published in Amsterdam by Elzevir & Bertius (MCA/01/01/03/09)  

Publication Date:  [1661]
Creator:  Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671
Clüver, Philipp, 1580-1622
Publisher:  Elzevir & Bertius
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 12x12 cm on sheet 13x13 cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

The Kingdom of Persia with the cheef cities and habites described by John Speed engraved by Abraham Goos published in London by George Humble and printed by John Dawson with a text titled A description of the Kingdom of Persia on the back (MCA/01/01/06/01)  

Publication Date:  [1631]
Publisher:  George Humble
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 39x51 on sheet 43x55cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

David Livingstone, manuscript map of ‘Journey thro’ Barotseland’  

Publication Date:  1853
Creator:  Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  H77.5 x W66 cm
Subjects:  Livingstone, David, 1813-1873
Barotseland
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  On permanent loan from the Council for World Mission Archive.

Persia sive Sophorum Regnum [Persia or the Safavid Kingdom] published in Amsterdam by mapmakers Willem J Blaeu, Joan Blaeu and Cornelius Blaeu (MCA/01/01/03/08)  

Publication Date:  [1651]/1634
Creator:  Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Willem Janszoon Blaeu
Blaeu, Cornelius
Publisher:  Willem J Blaeu, Joan Blaeu and Cornelius Blae
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 37.5x49.5 on sheet 41x32cm mounted on board
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Tiëntsin  

Publication Date:  1903
Creator:  Hasse
Germany. Heer. Kaiserliches Ostasiatisches Expeditionskorps
Kartographischen Abteilung der Königl. Preuss. Landes-Aufnahme
Publisher:  Kartographischen Abteilung der K. preuss. Landes-Aufnahme ( Germany )
Format:  58 x 62 cm
Subjects:  Tientsin
Tiëntsin
China -- Tianjin
Wingate, Orde Charles, 1903-1944
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London

Carte de Perse dresse pour l'usage du Roy [Map of Persia drawn up for the use of the King] by Guillaume Delisle engraved by J Stemmers and P Starkman and published in Paris (MCA/01/01/04/08)  

Publication Date:  1724
Creator:  L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726
Strackman, P.
Stemmers, J.
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 49x62 on sheet 51.5x64cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

La ville de Gamron [Bandar Abbas] en Perse by Johann Albrecht Mandelslo published in Leiden by Pierre vander Aa (Pieter van der Aa) (MCA/01/02/06/04)  

Publication Date:  [1719]
Publisher:  Pierre vander Aa
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 29x36 on sheet 30x41cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

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