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Persia drawn and engraved by John Rapkin with illustrations by H Warren engraved by S Fisher published in London by John Tallis (MCA/01/01/06/59)  

Publication Date:  [1850]
Creator:  Rapkin, J.
Warren, H.
Fisher, S.
Publisher:  John Tallis & Co.
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 33x26.5 on sheet 35x27cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Royaume de Persea avec les Pays Limitrophes et les place Maritime suivant les relations des meilleurs voyageurs [Kingdom of Persia with bordering countries and seas based on the best accounts by travellers] published in Leiden by Pieter van der Aa (MCA/01/01/03/16)  

Publication Date:  [1714]
Publisher:  Pieter van der Aa
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 28x35 on sheet 31.5x40cm
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

Part of Southern Pesia from Shiraz to Jashk from a survey by JR Preece, drawn by H A Milne, printed by W and AK Johnston and published in London as a Supplementary Paper by the Royal Geographical Society (MCA/01/02/02/03)  

Publication Date:  1885
Creator:  Preece, J. R.
Milne, H. A.
Publisher:  Royal Geographical Society
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 22x58.5 on sheet 28.5x67cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Iran -- Shīrāz -- Maps
Iran -- Jāsk -- Maps
ایران -- شیراز -- نقشه ها
ایران -- جاسک -- نقشه ها
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Persia, Afghanistan and Beloochistan [Balochistan] by J. Bartholomew published in London and Glasgow by William Collins Sons & Co (MCA/01/01/06/69)  

Publication Date:  1870
Creator:  Bartholomew, J.G. (John George), 1860-1920
Publisher:  William Collins Sons & Co
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 32.5x42.5 on sheet 37x47cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Carte de l'Empire de Perse by mapmaker Rigobert Bonne, engraved by Arrivet and published in Paris (MCA/01/01/04/13)  

Publication Date:  1771
Creator:  Bonne, Rigobert, 1727-1794
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 32x43.5 on sheet 39x52cm
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

Soltanie, Ville de la Perse en Arabie by Adam Olearius and published in Leiden by Pierre vander Aa (Pieter van der Aa) (MCA/01/02/06/13)  

Publication Date:  [1719]
Creator:  Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671
Publisher:  Pierre vander Aa
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 27x36 on sheet 34x48cm
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

Empire d'Alexandre drawn up under the direction of J Migeon by Charles Lacoste, lettering by A Bizet, engraving by L Smith published in Paris by J Migeon (MCA/01/02/01/21)  

Publication Date:  [1874]
Publisher:  J. Migeon
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 31x42 on sheet 39.5x53cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Turquie d'Asie et Perse [Asiatic Turkey and Persia] engraved by I Smith with lettering by A Bizet and published in Paris by Charles Lacoste (MCA/01/01/04/19)  

Publication Date:  1874
Publisher:  Charles Lacoste
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 32x42 on sheet 39x52cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Iran und Turan (Persien, Afghanistan, Biludschistan [Balochistan], Turkestan) by mapmaker Heinrich Berghaus, engraved by S Siebert, lettering by H Hertzberg published in Gotha by Justus Perthes (MCA/01/01/05/10)  

Publication Date:  [1835]
Publisher:  Justus Perthes
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 30.5x39 on sheet 35.5x44.5cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

A new and accurate map of the Caspian Sea, laid down from the memory of Soskam Sabbas, a Georgian Prince, assisted by some late improvements by Emanuel Bowen and published in London (MCA/01/02/03/09)  

Publication Date:  [1747]
Creator:  Bowen, Emanuel
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 32x22.5 on sheet 24x28cm(folded)
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  Maps -- Early works to 1800
ایران -- آسیا
نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Caspian Sea Reagion -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
منطقه خزر -- نقشه ها -- کارهای اولیه، تا 1800
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Nieuwe en Naukeurige Kaart van Persien en dezeszels omelggende Landstreeken [A new and accurate map of Persia with the adjacent countries] an improved version by Willem Albert Bachiene of Emanuel Bowen's map engraved by J van Jagen published in Amsterdam (MCA/01/01/03/22)  

Publication Date:  [1773]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 34x41 on sheet 44x55cm
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

Plan exact de Gomron ou du Bandar Abassi de L'Isle d'Ormus et des Isles voisines [An exact plan of Gomron or Bandar Abbasi, the Island of Hormuz and neighbouring islands] by Jean Baptiste Tavernier and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/04/05)  

Publication Date:  1676
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 24x36 on sheet 26.5x34.5cm
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'impero della Persia divisio ne suoi stati [The Persian Empire divided into regions] engraved by G Pitteri and published in Venice by Antonio Zatta and sons (MCA/01/01/02/05)  

Publication Date:  [1784]
Publisher:  Antonio Zatta and sons
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 31x41 on sheet 37x49cm
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

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

Persia agreeable to modern history by H Moll Geographer published in London (MCA/01/01/06/07)  

Publication Date:  [1730]
Creator:  Moll, Herman, -1732
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 20x26 on sheet 24x38cm
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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