A beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's 1771 decorative map of the Arabian Peninsula.  Covers from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean and from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf.  Includes the modern day nations of Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain.  Names Mt. Sinai, Mecca and Jerusalem as well as countless other cities and desert oases.  Also notes numerous offshore shoals, reefs, and other dangers in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.  There is a large decorative title cartouche in the upper right hand quadrant. A fine map of the region. Drawn by R. Bonne in 1771 for issue as plate no. A 25 in Jean Lattre's 1776 issue of the  Atlas Moderne .
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1771 (dated)
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