1584 Persici Sive Sophorum Regni Typus

By: Abraham Ortelius Date: 1584 (published) Amsterdam Dimensions: 13.75 x 19.5 inches (35 cm x 49.5 cm) This is an authentic, antique map of map of Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Caspian Sea and the north eastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula including United Arab Emirates and Oman. The map was published by Abraham Ortelius out of Amsterdam circa 1584. This landmark map of Persia was included in the original Ortelius Atlas, “Theatrum Orbis Terrarum,” first produced in 1570. The atlas was the first to present all maps in a uniform format and is considered to be the first true modern atlas. It was highly successful and from its original seventy maps and eighty-seven bibliographic references in the first edition (1570), the atlas grew through its thirty-one editions to encompass 183 references and 167 maps in 1612. Throughout the epic publication history of the atlas, this map was one of only a few that never had any changes made to the original plate. The cartography was based on Gasta