1794 d'Anville Map of Turkey, Iraq & Palestine
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Description: This is a stunning large format map of Turkey in Asia by the French cartographer and geographer J. B. d’Anville. Depicts the whole of Turkey as well as the modern day Holy Land (Israel / Palestine), Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Kurdistan, Armenia and Georgia. Inland details are prolifically notated and include such curiosities as ancient ruins, abandoned castles, caravan routes, and oases. Published by Laurie and Whittle of Fleet St. London for the 1794 English Edition of d’Anville’s atlas. Text in English.
Date: 1794
References: OCLC 7160203. Cf P699; Shirley R. Maps in the atlases of the British Library, T.LAU-1c (1799 ed.); The British Museum Catalogue of Printed Maps, Charts and Plans. (London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1967) Volume 14, p.511.; NMM 375 (3rd ed. 1801); Rumsey 2310.0000.
Cartographer: Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782) was perhaps the most important and prolific cartographer of the 18th century. D'Anville's love of cartography manifested itself at the tender age of fifteen, when he amused himself by composing maps for Latin authors. At twenty-two D'Anville was appointed Geographer to the King of France. As both a cartographer and a geographer, he instituted a reform in the general practice of cartography. Unlike most cartographers, D'Anville did not rely on earlier maps to inform his work, rather he based his maps on actual surveys and research that he conducted himself. His maps were thus the most accurate and comprehensive of his period. Thomas Basset and Philip Porter write: "It was because of D'Anville's resolve to depict only those features which could be proven to be true that his maps are often said to represent a scientific reformation in cartography." (The Journal of African History, Vol. 32, No. 3 (1991), pp. 367-413). The work of D'Anville thus marks a critical point in the history of cartography and opens the way to the maps of English cartographers Cary, Thomson and Pinkerton in the early 19th century. Click here for a list of rare maps by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville.
Size: Printed area measures 29 x 21 inches (73.66 x 53.34 centimeters)
Condition: Very good condition. Minor discoloration on original centerfold. Platemark. Wide clean margins. Blank on verso.
Code: TurkeyinAsia-anville-1794 (Necessary for phone inquiries: 646-320-8650)
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