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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 |
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Carsten Niebuhr |
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| 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: Sep 26, 2021 |