An important early map of Yemen

NIEBUHR, Carsten.

Terrae Yemen maxima Pars, seu Imperii Imami, Principatus Kaukebân, nec non ditionum Haschid u Bekîl, Hehhm, Chaul ân, Abu Arîsch et Aden Tabula ex observationibus astronomicis et hodometrici jussu et sumtibus Potentissimor: Daniae Regnum Friderici V, et Christiani VII. institutis delineata.
Copenhagen, 1763. 570 x 380mm.

Original binding folds. Very fine example

An eraly example of one of the first detailed maps of Yemen, as surveyed by Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815), a. German engineer, mathematican and astronomer, who was the only survivor of a Danish expedition from Sinai to Yemen, 1761-7.


Stock ID : 23554