1827 Finley Map Egypt (1 results)
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Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Contact seller5-star sellerVery good. Size 12 x 9 Inches. This is a beautiful example of Anthony Finley's important 1827 map of Egypt. A Closer Look Centered on the Nile valley, coverage embraces Egypt north of Aswan. Numerous settlements and other sites along the Nile, including several temples and ancient Egyptian ruins, are labeled. The map also identi…fies several desert Oases, including Parva (Kharga?) and Shekh Huled (Dakhla?). In the Sinai Peninsula, a mountain labeled 'Gebel Tour, Mt. Sinai or Horeb' is drawn. This map was drawn shortly following the expulsion of the Napoleonic forces from Egypt by the Ottoman Mamluk Turks. Muhammad Ali, the Ottoman commander who was named viceroy of Egypt, established the Mamluk dynasty that would rule Egypt until the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Between 1820 and 1833, Ali annexed northern Sudan, Syria, and parts of Arabia into the Mamluk Empire. Publication History and Census The map is engraved by Young and Delleker for the 1827 edition of Anthony Finley's General Atlas . References: Rumsey 0285.059 (1831 edition). Phillips (Atlases) 4314, 760, 752, 6045.
