Carta Nuova dell’ Arabia

A finely engraved c.18th hand coloured map of the Arabian Peninsula, published by the Venetian printer and cartographer Giovambattista Albrizzi. The map presents a European understanding of Arabia, delineating its principal regions, Arabia Deserta, Arabia Felix, and Arabia Petrea, together with major trade centres, coastal settlements, and interior oases. The Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Aden are rendered with particular clarity, reflecting the commercial and diplomatic interests that animated Venetian and wider European engagement with the region.

From: Albrizzi, Atlante Novissimo del Sigr. Guglielmo de L’Isle, Venezia. (volume Primo MDCCXL-1740)