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Title: Nova Persiae Armeniae Natoliae et Arabiae [shows Cyprus]
Map Maker: Frederick De Wit
Place / Date: Amsterdam / 1680
Description:
Decorative and highly desireable map of the region bounded by the Saudi Peninsula, Red Sea, Nile River, Cyprus, Asia Minor, the Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, Afganistan and the Indian Ocean, centered on the Persian Gulf. Includes two attractive cartouches, ships at sea and marvelous geographical detail within the map. One of the few available Dutch maps to mention Armenia in the title of the map and one of the most detailed of the region. Gorgeous example.
Armenia on antique maps
Victoria (parfois appelé port de Victoria) est la capitale des Seychelles et n'est pas fluctué sur le côté nord-est de Mahé , l'île principale de l'archipel. La ville a d'abord été établie comme étant le siège de la British coloniale gouvernement. En 2009, la population de la région métropolitaine de Victoria (y compris les banlieues) était de 25 000 la population totale du pays de 87 972. Victoria est desservie par l'aéroport international des Seychelles , achevée en 1971.
This was my big summer project this year! A full map of the continental United States all in patchwork and embroidered! You can see more pictures at:
In the Four Corners region, drawings like this are often maps. This is a different cultural area (Wyoming), but I assume that it too is a map of something, or a guide to something.
Area to the immediate east of Church Stretton, Shropshire.
Playing around with Maperitive and open data - contours and hill shading using Ordnance Survey Land-form Panorama, mapping from OpenStreetMap.
Map of the South Caucasus countries (Abkhazia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Nagorny Karabakh, and South Ossetia)
I have now added the photo of the map sign to the map. I can't remember where this was actually taken so I just plonked it down in the middle somewhere.
Map from an official guide published by the Cape Town City Council in 1950. Note the railway line crossing the bottom of Adderley str. Most probably also the line that went to Sea Point.
This is a close up of an old map I carry around while exploring Honolulu's Chinatown.
I've linked a few of my pinhole photographs taken in this area [click on notes in map above].
More photos in my Chinatown series.
Map courtesy: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library, Map Collection
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Honolulu, 1914, sheet 37 [cropped].
Maps of racial and ethnic divisions in US cities, inspired by Bill Rankin's map of Chicago, updated for Census 2010.
Red is White, Blue is Black, Green is Asian, Orange is Hispanic, Yellow is Other, and each dot is 25 residents.
Data from Census 2010. Base map © OpenStreetMap, CC-BY-SA
Title: Geographische Kaarte van de Oude Weereld volgens de verdeeling der Kinderen van Noach na hunne verstrojinge voorgevallen omtrent Babel . . .
Map Maker: Augustin Calmet
Place / Date: Venice / 1726
Description:
Scarce map of the Ancient World, showing the locations of the Children of Noah.
Includes a decorative cartouche and a dedication to St. Leopold of Nancy.
Armenia on antique maps