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Number: 3916
Continent: Africa
Region: East
Place Names: Yemen, Aden
Year of Origin: 1771
Title: Terrae Yemen maxima Pars seu Imperii Imami, Principatus Kaukeban, nec non ditionum Haschid u Bekil, Nehhm, Chaulan, Abu Arisch Et Aden,. Tabula ex observationibus astronomicis et hodometrici jussu et sumtibus Potentissim: Daniae Regnum Friderici V. Et Christiani VII. institutis delineata Auctore C. Niebuhr
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Language: Latin
Publish Origin: Copenhagen
Height: 55.2
Width: 34.9
Units: centimeters
Size Class.: Medium
Scale: 1 : 1,000,000
Color Type: No Color
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Cartographer: Carsten Niebuhr
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Northernmost Latitude: 18.0
Southernmost Latitude: 12.4
Westernmost Longitude: 41.2
Easternmost Longitude: 44.9
Measurement Notes: Paris prime on map, converted to modern Greenwich coordinates
Notes: Copenhagen, 1771. Copper engraving, stitched by Defehrt, designated by Martin. With decorative title cartouche u. 3 milestones (top right) as well as legend (bottom left). Darst. ca. 57.5 x 37 cm. The map shows Yemen with the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. - Der dt. Mathematician, cartographer and research traveler Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815), active in Denmark since 1760, was sent in 1761 by Frederik V. of Denmark as a cartographer with a six-headed expedition to Arabia. After six years, he returned to Denmark as the only survivor of this malaria-diagnosed research group. In 1772 his 'Description of Arabia' appeared in Copenhagen, which followed further volumes (partly posthumous). -
Last updated: Feb 5, 2022