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Manuscript map of the Arabian Peninsula

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[Manuscript map of the Arabian Peninsula].

WYLD, James [Junior]
[London,
Drawn by James Wyld Geographer to the Queen & H.R.H. Prince Albert, Charing Cross East,
[c1840].
Manuscript map, in pen and ink with wash colour to the coast line, on three (of possibly 4?) sheets, a few tears to margins skilfully repaired, minor losses to lower border of Arabian Gulf sheet, repaired.
1360 by 1660mm (53.5 by 65.25 inches).
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One of the largest maps of the Arabian peninsular produced in the nineteenth century.

The map extends north to south from Kermanshah to the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, and west to east from Korti, Sudan to Chabahar, Pakistan. Drawn by James Wyld Junior, who was at the time cartographer to Queen Victoria, and Prince Albert, the map marks all the major cities in southern Iran and Iraq, southern eastern Saudi Arabia, and Sudan; roads are marked by a brown wash line, w...