Persia, Armenia & Adjacent Regions: A Hand-Colored 17th Century Map by De Wit, 1680

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This colorful and detailed 17th century copperplate map by Frederick De Wit was published in Amsterdam between 1666 and 1690. … Read more This colorful and detailed 17th century copperplate map by Frederick De Wit was published in Amsterdam between 1666 and 1690. It depicts the Caspian Sea and portions of the Black, Red, Mediteranen, and Arabian Seas, the Nile River, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Cypres, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Yemen, Djibouti and portions of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Ethiopia, Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia, Macedonia and Southern Russia. A colorful title cartouche in the right lower corner depicts a ship in harbor adjacent to a dingy with six men about to board the ship. There are people in native costumes, including Arab, African, possibly Turkish and an elephant riden by an umbrella holding man. The map is embellished with five sailing ships. A cartouche depicting scale in the lower left corner includes a man in Arab garb utilizing a device to measure distance on a map.
This hand-colored map is presented in an antiqued gold-colored wood frame with an eggplant-colored fabric mat outside of museum clear, anit-glare, UV protected plexiglass. The frame measures 23.5" x 27" x 1.325". There is a central vertical fold as issued, a crease in the lower map to the right of midline and very minimal faint discoloration at the edges of the margins and a few barely visible spots. The map is otherwise in excellent condition. See less