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| Keywords: 1753 Vaugondy Map of Persia, Arabia and Turkey - Geographicus - TurkeyArabiaPersia-vaugondy-1753.jpg This is Robert de Vaugondy ™s spectacular 1753 map of the Ottoman Empire Vaugondy maps the empire at its height with territory spanning from the Black Sea to the southernmost extension of Arabia and west inclusive of Persia as far as the Mongol Empire of India Includes the modern day nations of Turkey Egypt Saudi Arabia Oman Yemen the United Arab Emirates Iran Iraq Kuwait Israel Palestine Jordan Syria Lebanon Armenia Azerbaijan Georgia and parts of Afghanistan Pakistan India Uzbekistan and Greece Vaugondy employs all of the latest geographical information of the time incorporating both French and transliterations Arabic place names This map offers splendid detail throughout inclusive of undersea shoals and reefs in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf mountain ranges lakes rivers and historical sites A highly decorative title cartouche showing an Ottoman prince appears in the lower left quadrant Five distance scales are in the lower right Drawn by Robert de Vaugondy in 1753 and published in the 1757 issue of his Atlas Universal 1753 undated Size in 22 19 5 object history credit line accession number TurkeyArabiaPersia-vaugondy-1753 Vaugondy R <i>Atlas Universel</i> Paris 1784 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Robert de Vaugondy Old maps of the Middle East 1753 maps Old maps of Asia Old maps of the Ottoman Empire | ||||
