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| Keywords: John Pinkerton. Map of Persia. 1818.E. Shirvan.jpg en A rare and important 1818 map of Persia by John Pinkerton Depicts from the Black Sea eastward as far as the Indus Valley extends north to the Aral Sea and South to the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea Includes the modern day countries of Iran and Afghanistan as well as parts of adjacent Pakistan Kuwait Iraq Turkey and Arabia Notes both political and physical geographic elements including rivers mountains under sea dangers various tribal regions cities ruins and canals In particular notes the ruins of both Babylon and Persepolis Drawn by L Herbert and engraved by Samuel Neele under the direction of John Pinkerton The map comes from the scarce American edition of Pinkerton ™s Modern Atlas published by Thomas Dobson Co of Philadelphia in 1818 Image 1818 Pinkerton Map of Persia Iran Afghanistan - Geographicus - Persia2-pinkerton-1818 jpg Original from Persia2-pinkerton-1818 Pinkerton J <i>A Modern Atlas from the Lates and Best Authorities Exhibiting the Various Divisions of the World with its chief Empires Kingdoms and States; in Sixty Maps carefully reduced from the Larges and Most Authentic Sources </i> 1818 Philadelphia Thomas Dobson Edition Geographicus-source 1818 undated Creator John Pinkerton Maps by John Pinkerton 1818 maps Maps in English Old maps of Shirvan 19th-century maps of Azerbaijan PD-Art-100 | ||||
