A rare map of the Persian Gulf

BRANDSHAGEN, F.W.

Tabula Hydrographica Sinus Persici.
Lemgo: Heinrich Wilhelm Meyer, 1712. 255 x 340mm.

Trimmed at sides, printed border reinstated with manuscript; bottom edge.

A rare map of the Persian Gulf, engraved by Brandshagen for Englebert Kaempfer's "Amoenitatum exoticarum politico-physico-medicarum fasciculi V'. It is decorated with three views of Muscat, and views of Hormuz and Qeshm, both with plans fo their forts.
A Swedish physician and diplomat, Kaempfer visited Persia in 1684 as part of the Swedish embassy to the Shah.

Not listed in Al-Qasimi's 'The Gulf in Historic Maps'.
Stock ID : 24031