‘Übersichts – Karte Von Arabien’ [1v] (2/2)
The record is made up of 1 map. It was created in 1852. It was written in German. The original is part of the British Library: Map Collections.
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Title continues: ‘Zu C. Ritter’s Erdkunde, Buch III, West-Asien, Theil XII, XIII; bearbeitet von H. Kiepert, herausgegeben von C. Ritter. Berlin, 1852 Verlag von D. Reimer’.
General map of Arabian Peninsula based on Carl Ritter’s ‘Die Erdkunde im Verhältnis zur Natur und zur Geschichte des Menschen’ [Geography in relationship to nature and to the history of humanity] showing various routes across the region including the Hajj pilgrimage, Captain George Forster Sadlier’s expedition of 1819 and George August Wallin‘s journey of 1848. Provinces and regions labelled with boundary coloured for reference.
Includes inset A small map or other image enclosed within the margin of a larger map, map sheet, or larger image; or papers placed inside a book or archival volume. map entitled ‘Oman’ showing Maskat [Muscat] with routes traversed by Pierre-Martin-Rémi Aucher-Eloy and James Raymond Wellsted marked. In the bottom right-hand corner there is a table of reference listing Arabic geographic terms with German equivalents and abbreviations.
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- 1 map
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- Scale approximately 1:6,000,000
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- Orientation
- North
- Degree coordinates
- Top-left: 31° 52' 48" N, 30° 58' 48" E
Top-right: 31° 52' 48" N, 60° 57' 36" E
Bottom-left: 11° 50' 60" N, 30° 58' 48" E
Bottom-right: 11° 50' 60" N, 60° 57' 36" E - Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 353 x 475 mm, on sheet 742 x 580 mm
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- IOR/X/2943/1
- Title
- ‘Übersichts – Karte Von Arabien’
- Pages
- 1r:1v
- Author
- Ritter, Carl
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- Public Domain