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1855 Map Medieval Europe and Arab Empire by Delamarche
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1855 Double-Page
Map of Medieval Europe and the Arab Empire by Alexandre Delamarche
Carte de l'Empire Carlovingien et des Empires Arabes
par Delamarche
Atlas de Géographie ancienne, du moyen age, et moderne : adopté par le Conseil de l'université, à l'usage des lycées et des maisons d'éducation, pour suivre les cours de géographie et d'histoire publié sous la direction de A. Delamarche
Paris, Librairie géographique de Aug. Grosselin et ce.
1855
One Inset
Double Page Map. Original Outline Hand Color.
This map comes from the Atlas de Géographie ancienne, du moyen age, et moderne ...
by Alexandre Delamarche (1815-1884), a son of
Félix Delamarche - the geographer to the King of France - and a grandson of Charles-François Delamarche, successor of Robert de Vaugondy. The Delamarche family obtained monopoly of the sale of globes, atlases, and maps in colleges in France.
Plate No. 18.
This superb authentic map of Charlemagne's empire and the Arab empire shows major regions, provinces, tribes, kingdoms, towns,
rivers, lakes, and mountain chains. It covers Europe,
north Africa, Asia Minor, Middle East, Arabia, and Central Asia.
Shown are: Kingdom of Oviedo, Emirate of Cordoba,
Charlemagne's Empire, Empire of the Lombards in southern Italy and Sicily,
Duchy of Benevento,
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms, Kingdom of Wales, Scotland, Ireland,
Denmark (including Skania and Halland),
Norway, Sweden,
tributary peoples
(including Moravias, Bohemians, Sorbs, Croats, and Pannonians),
Avar Empire (Hungarians), the Slavs (including the Polanie in Poland),
Byzantine Empire, the Khazar Empire, Finno-Ugric tribes,
the empire of the Arabs (North Africa, empire of Muhammad), Persia (Sasanian empire),
Armenia, the Turkish tribes, and much much more!
The important historical periods and dates are marked.
The map is a magnificent document and a treat for history buffs.
See pictures
for more details; click image to view larger version.
The apogee of Abbasid power came under the famous caliph Haroun
al-Rashid. The Arab/Muslim empire had expanded from the Arabian
Peninsula to cover all of North Africa, Mesopotamia and central Asia in
a very brief period. Under Haroun Al Rashid (786-809) and his
successors, Baghdad became the cultural center of the world, at a time
when Europe was lost in the darkness of the early Middle Ages.
The map marks the possessions of the Aglabites (Numidia and the eastern provinces of Africa including Tunis and Tripoli), the Edrisite dynasty
(Maroc; ancient Mauritania), and the dominion of the Ommiad Caliph of Cordova.
The inset shows
the map of medieval Europe following the Treaty of Verdun (August 843).
The eldest son of the emperor Louis I the Pious and a grandson of
Charlemagne, Lothair was made king in Bavaria after Louis succeeded
Charlemagne in 814, and in 817 he was made joint emperor.
On Louis I's death (840), Lothair claimed his rights under the
Ordinatio of 817, but his brothers, Louis and Charles, defeated him at
the Battle of Fontenoy (841). The Treaty of Verdun left
Lothair the Middle Realm of the Frankish dominions, from the North Sea
to Italy, while Louis received the eastern and Charles the western
territory. The imperial title fell to Lothair. After granting the
government of Italy to his eldest son, Louis II, as early as 844,
Lothair partitioned his realm between Louis (emperor from 850) and his
two other sons, Lothair and Charles, in 855. Then he abdicated and
became a monk.
The map is 11.5 x 17 inches
printed on 13.2 x 18.5 inches sheet. One
centerfold, as issued. Hand colored outline.
Margins suitable for framing.
The condition is
very good. Imperfections: age toning; minor browning.
Will look great with a mat and
frame.
This item is unconditionally guaranteed to be original and as described. We do not sell reproductions or
copies.
I am a member of
the International Map Collectors' Society (IMCoS)
and
the Washington Map Society.
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