evidence: The western part of the Indian Ocean,1693 - 17th century map depicting the locations of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea - [...] Masirah and the five Khuriya Muriya Islands are islands off the southeastern coast of Oman. [...] The western part of the Indian Ocean, by Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, 1693 from his system of global gores the Makran coast -