COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Arrowsmith, Aaron
Author:
Kinneir, J. Macdonald
Date:
1817
Short Title:
Covers: Map of Asia Minor Armenia and Koordistan
Publisher:
A. Arrowsmith
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Covers
Obj Height cm:
25
Obj Width cm:
16
Note:
John Macdonald Kinneir was a British explorer who traveled widely in Asia Minor and Persia. Arrowsmith issued this map of Asia Minor which shows the various marches of Alexander, Xenophon, Julian and Heraclius. The map was likely produced to accompany Kinneir's book "Journey Through Asia Minor, Armenia, and Koordistan in the Years 1813 and ..." (1818). The book is available here http://archive.org/… Kinneir and Arrowsmith also issued a large map of the Middle East titled "Map of the Countries lying between the Euphrates and Indus on the East and West, and the Oxus and Terek and Indian Ocean on the North and South" (see our 6914.000). The folded cover bears the signature of "Major Wyndham 67th Foot 1822" - likely the same Colonel Charles Wyndham who entered the army as Cornet in the 10th Light Dragoons, 1811. On the 20th December 1821 he was promoted to Major in the 67th Regiment of Foot. He served under Lord Wellington between 1812 and 1813 during the Peninsular campaign of the Napoleonic Wars. Apparently Wyndham traveled to India as part of his duties and this map was used in his journeys.
World Area:
Asia
Country:
Iraq
Country:
Syria
Country:
Turkey
Region:
Asia Minor
Full Title:
(Covers to) Map of Asia Minor Armenia and Koordistan Illustrative of the Marches of Alexander, Xenophon, Julian and Heraclius. By J. Macdonald Kinneir. Madras, May 1, 1816. London, Published 3rd Decr. 1817, by A. Arrowsmith, No 10 Soho Square, Hydrographer to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
List No:
6705.001
Series No:
1
Publication Author:
Arrowsmith, Aaron
Publication Author:
Kinneir, J. Macdonald
Pub Date:
1817
Pub Title:
Map of Asia Minor Armenia and Koordistan Illustrative of the Marches of Alexander, Xenophon, Julian and Heraclius. By J. Macdonald Kinneir. Madras, May 1, 1816. London, Published 3rd Decr. 1817, by A. Arrowsmith, No 10 Soho Square, Hydrographer to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.
Pub List No:
6705.000
Pub Type:
Case Map
Pub Height cm:
25
Pub Width cm:
16
Image No:
6705001
Authors:
Arrowsmith, Aaron; Kinneir, J. Macdonald
