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| Keywords: 1780 Raynal and Bonne Map of Arabia and Abyssinia - Geographicus - Arabie-bonne-1780.jpg A fine example of Rigobert Bonne and G Raynal �s 1780 map of the Arabia and Abyssinia Ethiopia Covers from the Nile Delta south as far as the Horn of Africa and West to Persia inclusive of the modern day countries of Ethiopia Egypt Saudi Arabia Yemen Oman Kuwait the and the United Arab Emirates Offers surprising detail considering that his part of the world was largely unknown to Europeans Identifies towns rivers some topographical features ports and political boundaries Dangerous reefs and other undersea dangers that historically hindered trade in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf are tentatively ghosted in Drawn by R Bonne for G Raynal �s Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre Dressé pour l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Établissemens et du Commerce des Européens dans les Deux Indes 1780 undated Size in 13 9 object history credit line accession number Arabie-bonne-1780 Raynal G <i>Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre Dressé pour l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Établissemens et du Commerce des Européens dans les Deux Indes</i> 1780 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Rigobert Bonne Old maps of the Middle East Old maps of the Arabian Peninsula Old maps of Egypt Old maps of Sudan 1780 maps Maps of the Red Sea Egyptian Halayeb Triangle in 1780 | ||||
