Luristan(Laurestan)_in_1706-08.jpg


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English: Luristan(Laurestan) in 1706-08
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Source Original copper-engraving, uncoloured as published. Small and interesting map showing Arabia with its neighboring countries. The famous Dutch publisher and mapmaker Pieter Van der Aa (1659 Leiden - 1733 Leiden) published 'during the period 1882-1733, an enormous quantity of printed matter' (Koeman). This map was actually published in the first edition of his travelbooks 'Naauwkeurige versameling der gedenk-waardigste zee en landreysen na Oost en West-Indien', in Leiden 1706-08.
Author Van der Aa, Pieter

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14 September 2013