Antique Map of Yemen from the Danish Expedition by Niebuhr, 1776

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This is an original antique copper engraved map from 1776, from the first volume of carsten niebuhr's account of his … Read more This is an original antique copper engraved map from 1776, from the first volume of carsten niebuhr's account of his travels in arabia. The latin title in the scroll cartouche at the lower left reads tabula itineraria sistens illam partam land yemen quam societas litteraria auspiciis et sumtibus friderici v. Et christiani vii. Danish region in the east missa peragravit according to astronomical and hodometric observations; author c. Niebuhr. Mdcclxiii. In english: "itinerary map showing that part of the land of yemen which the learned society, sent to the east under the auspices and at the expense of frederick v and christian vii, kings of denmark, traveled through; drawn from astronomical and distance observations; by c. Niebuhr. The map shows western yemen from loheia to mochha at the bottom, with the red sea along the left side lettered báhhr el iemen and sinus arabicus and the island of kamerân i. Offshore. The mountains are drawn in hachures, with saná on the upper right and ierîm on the right. The routes are drawn as dotted lines picked out by hand in red and green. The sides are marked septentrio, meridians, west and east, and a key headed signorum explanation at the left explains the symbols. Two scales below the cartouche are lettered millaria germanica 15 in one degrees. And leuco gallicæ 20 in one degree. The engraver's name th. Koning, fec. Is lettered at the lower left, its first letter clipped by the corner loss. No plate number is engraved on this sheet. The plate comes from the first volume of carsten niebuhr's travels in arabia & other neighboring countries, published at amsterdam, by s. J. Baalde, and at utrecht, by j. Van schoonhoven & comp. Carsten niebuhr (1733 to 1815) was a german born surveyor in the danish service and the only member of the danish expedition to arabia (1761 to 1767), sent by king frederick v of denmark, to return alive. Left margin lost from just below middle to bottom left corner, cut to border; the corner loss clips the credit. Small loss at bottom right corner. Light uneven toning. Scattered light foxing. Folding plate, folds as issued. This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration purposes only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed. See less