The Red Sea, by Niebuhr, 1772.

"Mare Rubrum seu Sinus Arabicus ad observationes maximam partem ab Auctore annis MDCCLXII et MDCCLXIII institutas delineatus a C. Niebuhr" long copper engraved map of the Red Sea by Carsten Niebuhr, published about 1772 in Niebuhr's account of the Royal Danish Expedition (1761-1767) to the Middle East, Egypt, Persia and India. Recent hand colour. Several folds as this long map was originally folded into the book. Lower 14 cms detached and re-joined at some time in the past (old repair to the verso.) A scarce and interesting map. Size 21 x 77 cms plus narrow margins of about 1cm or more. Ref F6096