Arabia: According To Its Modern Divisions
Dunn, Samuel, died 1794
Creator
cartographic
map
xx
monographic
London
Laurie & Whittle
1794
eng
1 online resource.
"Arabia According to Its Modern Divisions" shows the Arabian Peninsula with the three-part division traditionally used in European sources into Arabia Petraea, Arabia Deserta, and Arabia Felix. Deserts, seaports, and the pearl beds along the coast are indicated. Qatar is shown as Catura. Four different distance scales--Arabian miles, Turkish miles, Persian parasangs, and British miles--are provided. Published in 1794, the map was compiled and drawn by Samuel Dunn (circa 1723-94), a teacher of mathematics and navigation who made original contributions to solving the problem of determining longitude. In addition to making maps, Dunn wrote a number of books on mathematics and navigation, including The Description and Use of the Universal Planispheres (1759) and The Theory and Practice of the Longitude at Sea (1778). This map was published by the firm of Laurie & Whittle, a partnership of the engraver Robert Laurie (circa 1755-1836) and print seller James Whittle (1757-1818) that was known for its accurate maps and nautical charts.
Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
"Scale approximately 1:9,387,800"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
Original resource extent: 1 map ; 47 x 59 centimeters.
Original resource at: Qatar National Library.
Content in English.
Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
1794
Arabian Gulf
Arabian Peninsula
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Somalia
Sudan
Bahrain
Egypt
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syrian Arab Republic
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
912
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.12893
Reference extracted from World Digital Library: Gordon Goodwin, "Dunn, Samuel (bap. 1723, d. 1794)," revised Anita McConnell, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004).
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