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General maps of Persia 1477-1925

Obrazy
Autor
by Cyrus Alai
Miejsce wydania
Leiden

Wydawca

Rok wydania
2010
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Key to Special Abbreviations . . VII
Acknowledgements . . IX
Foreword . . XI
Preface . . XIII

Introduction . . 1

CHAPTER ONE: THE PTOLEMAIC MAPS OF PERSIA . . 13
Historical Background . . 13
Ptolemy's Life and His Mapping of Persia . . 13
The Fifth Map of Asia Depicting Persia . . 16
Group PTOL-1, Bologna . . 18
Group PTOL-2, Rome . . 18
Group PTOL-3, Florence . . 21
Group PTOL-4, Ulm . . 24
Group PTOL-5, Early Venice . . 25
Group PTOL-6, Schott, Strasbourg . . 25
Group PTOL-7, Grueninger, Strasbourg . . 26
Group PTOL-8, Basel . . 35
Group PTOL-9, Gastaldi, Venice . . 37
Group PTOL-10, Ruscelli, Venice . . 37
Group PTOL-11, Mercator Plates, Cologne . . 41
Group PTOL-12, The Netherlands . . 41
Group PTOL-13, Magini, Venice; Cologne; Arnhem; Padua . . 44
Group PTOL-14, Sessa, Venice . . 46

CHAPTER TWO: GENERAL AND REGIONAL MAPS OF PERSIA . . 47
Historical Background . . 47
Section One: Italian Maps . . 56
Section Two: Maps from the Low Countries . . 62
Section Three: French Maps . . 100
Section Four: Germanic Maps . . 134
Section Five: British Maps . . 177
Section Six: Russian Maps . . 253
Section Seven: American Maps . . 258
Section Eight: Persian Maps . . 271
Section Nine: Turkish Maps . . 275
Section Ten: Spanish and Portuguese Maps . . 279
A Curiosity Map, Persia as a Persian Cat . . 285

List of Consulted Map Collections . . 287
List of Figures . . 288
List of Plates . . 289
Bibliography, Excluding Maps, Atlases and Old Books (pre-1925) . . 295
Chronological Index of Map Entries . . 299
Index of Personal and Institutional Names . . 307
Index of Geographical Names . . 314

Addenda . . 319

Seria
(Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1, The Near and Middle East ; vol. 80)