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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 (Iran) Afghanistan and Baluchistan [Balochistan] engraved by the Matthews-Northrup Co of Buffalo and published in New York by Benjamin E Smith, The Century Co (MCA/01/01/07/08)  

Publication Date:  [1897]
Publisher:  Benjamin E Smith, The Century Co
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 26.5x38 on sheet 30x41.5cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  Iran -- Maps
Afghanistan -- Maps
ایران -- آسیا
Pakistan -- Balochistān -- Maps
ایران -- نقشه ها
افغانستان -- نقشه ها
پاکستان -- بلوچستان -- نقشه ها
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Carte des Pays Voisins de la Mer Caspiene dresses pour l'usage du Roy by Guillaume Delisle (De l'Isle) engraved by Marin and published in Paris (MCA/01/02/03/03)  

Publication Date:  [1723]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 54x61 on sheet 64x65cm
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 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

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

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

Carte generale de l'Empire de Alexandre drawn up by Adrien Hubert Brue published in Paris by E Lavasseur (MCA/01/02/01/19)  

Publication Date:  1838 [1875]
Creator:  Brue, Adrien Hubert
Publisher:  E. Lavasseur
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 36x51.5 on sheet 48x61cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
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

Verschiedene Prospecte der vornemsten Stadten in Persien samt vorderst einer unfern dem Caspischen Meer, dem Russischen Reich zugehorig, gelegenem Stadt, zu mehrerem Liecht und Erleuterung der neu-verfertigten Persianischen Land-Charten [Various propects of the most distinguished towns in Persia with a city not far from the Caspian Sea belonging to the Russian Kingdom, according to several descriptions etc] by Johan Baptist Homann, and published in Nuremberg (MCA/01/02/06/01)  

Publication Date:  [1716]
Creator:  Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 49x58 on sheet 52x60cm
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

The Empire of Persia engraved by C Smith and E Jones and published in London by Laurie & Whittle (MCA/01/01/06/20)  

Publication Date:  1802
Publisher:  Laurie & Whittle
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 20.5x25 on sheet 25.5x28.5cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

A new and accurate map of Persia with the adjacent countries, drawn from the most approved modern maps & The whole being regulated by astronomical observations by Emmanuel Bowen and published in London (MCA/01/01/06/10)  

Publication Date:  [1752]
Creator:  Bowen, Emanuel
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 35x42.5 on sheet 48x60.5cm
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

Teheran [Tehran] [from the Universal Atlas, Hilburghausen, Germany] (MCA/01/03/04)  

Publication Date:  [1840]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 11x14 on sheet 15x22.5cm
Technique:  Black and white
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

A new map of Persia by mapmaker Robert Morden, published in London with a text titled "Of Arabia" on back (MCA/01/01/06/05)  

Publication Date:  [1680]
Creator:  Morden, Robert, approximately 1650-1703
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map10.5x12.5 on sheet 21x15.5cm
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

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
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