Egypte nommée dans le pays Missir [cartographic material] / par le Sr. d'Anville de l'Académie Royale des Belles-Lettres, et de celle des Sciences de Petersbourg ; Secrétaire de S.A.S. Mgr. le Duc d'Orléans
- Bib ID:
- 3701037
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
- Scale:
- Scale [1:1,267,200]
- Description:
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- [Paris : chez Mr. Demanne ... maison de la Bibliotheque Nationale ..., ca. 1786]
- 1 map : col. ; 67 x 41 cm., on sheet 56 x 82.5 cm.
- Notes:
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- Map of Egypt featuring the Nile River Valley and the Red Sea, stretching from Aswan in the south to the Delta in the north. Details provided included the location of emerald mines, ancient ruins, and caravan routes. Many place names are included. Note that the name Missir is a Biblical reference to Egypt south of the ancient city of Thebes, and called the Lower Kingdom or Lower Egypt (as Egypt was historically divided into two lands which were only united under the rule of the pharaohs) and the term was still used by the Turks in the 17th century. It was also said that an Ethiopian dynasty had built a pyramid in "Missir" after conquering it in 790 B.C. Relief is shown pictorially.
- "1765".
- At top right of sheet: P. 218.I
- Plates 31 from: Atlas de d'Anville / Jean d'Anville. [Paris : chez Mr. Demanne ... maison de la Bibliotheque Nationale ..., ca. 1786].
- Text in French.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1765
- Other authors/contributors:
- Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782. Atlas de d'Anville
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- 1788
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