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Title: Map of northern & central Arabia to illustrate Mr. Blunt's paper 'A visit to Jebel Shammar'

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1880

Publishers

  • London : Edward Stanford, 1880.

Summary

Boundaries of Turkish [Ottoman] and Persian territories, and approximate locations of Bedouin territories, are shown. Mr. Blunt's route shown in red. Wells and reservoirs along route are shown. Pilgrim roads from Syria, Riyadh, and Jeddah to Mecca are shown. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Areas of red sand desert colored yellow. From: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography. Vol. 2 (1880), no. 2, pp. 81-102; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J6873

Subjects

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Arabian Peninsula
  • Middle East
  • Najd (Saudi Arabia)—Description and travel
  • Middle East—Description and travel—Maps
  • Najd (Saudi Arabia)—Maps
  • Middle East—Maps
  • Physical maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (32.5, 51.5, 34.333333, 21.333333)
  • Geometry: BBOX (32.5, 51.5, 34.333333, 21.333333)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Turner, W. J. (William John). Map of northern & central Arabia to illustrate Mr. Blunt's paper 'A visit to Jebel Shammar'. London : Edward Stanford, 1880.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-rf55zb21t

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng