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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

Tweede Gesigt van Persepolis [Second view of Persepolis] by Cornelius Bruyn, published in Amsterdam (MCA/01/02/06/10)  

Publication Date:  [1711]
Publisher:  Cornelius Bruyn
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  image 30.5x62.5 on sheet 32x64.5
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

Assyria by mapmakers Munster and Petri published in Basle with text in German (MCA/01/01/01/08)  

Publication Date:  [1628]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 19x16 on sheet 25.5x21.5cm
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 Marine de la Mer Caspienne avec toutes ses Bayes, Rivieres et Havres dressee sur les observations des plus habiles navigateurs, et toute nouvellement publiee par Pierre vander Aa, Marchand Libraire a Leide [Maritime chart of the Caspian Sea with all its bays, rivers and ports drawing upon the observations of the most skilled navigators and newly published by Pierre Van der Aa [Pieter van der Aa), bookseller at Leiden] with author and historian Olfert Dapper (MCA/01/02/03/05)  

Publication Date:  [1729]
Publisher:  Pierre Van der Aa
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 29x35.5 on sheet 36x46cm
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 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

Succession des Rois de Perse Anciens et Modernes depuis Cyrus jusqu'a present [The Succession of Persian kings from Cyrus until the present] with a map titled Perse (MCA/01/02/01/03)  

Publication Date:  [1719]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 37x42 on sheet 44.5x51cm
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

Untitled map of the Persian Coast, Persian Gulf and its islands, the Strait of Hormuz and the northwest corner of the Gulf of Oman by William Herbert published in London (MCA/01/02/04/02)  

Publication Date:  [1758]
Creator:  Herbert, William, 1718-1795
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 45x60 on sheet 55x72.5cm
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, Afghanistan and Beloochistan [Balochistan] by William John Turner published by Blackie & Son, London Glasgow and Edinburgh (MCA/01/01/06/75)  

Publication Date:  [1893]
Publisher:  Blackie & Son
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 34.5x50.5 on sheet 39x56cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i

Ormuz Regnum (in cartouche) Descriptio Regnio Ormuzii (above map) by Jodocus Hondius and Bertius Petrus and published in Amsterdam (MCA/01/02/04/01)  

Publication Date:  [1616]
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 9.5x13.5 on sheet 12.5x19cm
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 and Arabia drawn and engraved by John Dower and published in London by Henry Teesdale & Co (MCA/01/01/06/40)  

Publication Date:  [1831]
Creator:  Dower, John
Publisher:  Henry Teesdale & Co
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 34x41 on sheet 38.5x48.5cm
Technique:  Coloured
Subjects:  Iran -- Maps
ایران -- آسیا
ایران -- نقشه ها
Middle East -- Maps
Arabian Peninsula -- Maps
شبه جزیره عربستان -- نقشه ها
شرق میانه -- نقشه ها
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

Persia, Arabia and Cabul [Kabul] drawn by J Smith, engraved by W R Gardner for Smith's Atlas, and published in London by Charles Smith (MCA/01/01/06/35)  

Publication Date:  [1826]
Creator:  Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833
Gardner, W. R.
Publisher:  Charles Smith
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 26.5x35.5 on sheet 31.5x43cm
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

Imperii Persici in omnes suas Provincias (tam veteribus quam modernis earundem nominibus Signatas) [The Empire of Persia and all its provinces (with their ancient and modern names)] by mapmaker Johannes Baptist Homann, published in Nuremberg (MCA/01/01/05/05)  

Publication Date:  [1724]
Creator:  Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map 48.5x58 on mount 57.5x72cm
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

Map of the countries lying between the Euphrates and Indus on the East and West and the Oxus and Terek and Indian Ocean on the North and South by John Macdonald Kinneir and published in London by Aaron Arrowsmith (MCA/01/01/06/26)  

Publication Date:  1813
Creator:  Kinneir, John Macdonald, Sir
Publisher:  Aaron Arrowsmith
Material:  Paper
Measurements:  map on two sheets 92x63 total 92x127cm
Technique:  Hand coloured
Subjects:  ایران -- آسیا
Source Institution:  SOAS, University of London
Donor:  Dr. Cyrus Ala'i
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