MapPremiere partie de la carte d'Asie : contenant la Turquie, l'Arabie, la Perse, ...
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Main title
- Premiere partie de la carte d'Asie : contenant la Turquie, l'Arabie, la Perse, l'Indie en deca du Gange et de la Tartarie ce qui est limitrophe de la Perse et de l'Inde / par le Sr. d'Anville ; H. Gravelot, invenit., DeLafosse, sculpsit ; grave par Guille. De-la-Haye.
Published/Produced
- A Paris : Chez l'Auteur aux Galleries du Louvre, [1751]
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Description
- 1 map on 2 sheets ; sheets 56 x 82 cm
Scale info
- Scale approximately 1:7,150,000.
LC classification
- G7420 1751 .A5
LC copy
- G7420 1751 .A5 Copy 2 Annotated in inks to show boundaries. Mounted on cloth backing. Original sheets sectioned into 16 panels to enable folding. 73 x 80 cm.
Summary
- "Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782) was an important French cartographer known for his scrupulous attention to detail and his commitment to accuracy. His method was to collect and compare as many sources of geographic information as possible and to correct and reissue maps as new information became available. His own personal collection of maps eventually totaled nearly 9,000 items. This map of 1751 by d'Anville shows the part of Asia from its border with Africa and Europe in the west to most of the Indian subcontinent and Tibet in the east. Brief notes describe parts of the Arabian Peninsula as "very dry" and "covered with sand." Qatar is listed as Catura. Kandahar, Kabul, and Herat are shown, and a garbled version of the name Afghanistan--"Agvanistan"--appears. Borders on this copy are indicated by hand-drawn lines in colored ink. No fewer than 12 different scales of distance are provided, a testament to d'Anville's commitment to detail and the lack of standardization at the time." World Digital Library.
LC Subjects
- Middle East--Maps--Early works to 1800.
- Middle East.
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Notes
- LC copy annotated in inks to show boundaries.
- Relief shown by hachures and pictorially.
Additional formats
- Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
LCCN
- 2013593009
Geographic class no.
- 7420
Repository
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Type of material
- Map
Content type
- cartographic image
Media type
- unmediated
Carrier type
- sheet
Item Availability
CALL NUMBER
- G7420 1751 .A5
- Copy 1
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- Geography & Map Reading Room (Madison, LMB01)
Status
- Not Charged
CALL NUMBER
- G7420 1751 .A5
- Copy 2
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- Geography & Map Reading Room (Madison, LMB01)
Status
- Not Charged