'ILE D’ORMUS OU DE JERUM.'

Original antique map / plan of the fortified town of Ormuz. The Kingdom of Ormus was a 10th- to 17th-century kingdom located within the Persian Gulf and extending as far as the Strait of Hormuz. It was one of the most important ports in the Middle East at the time as it controlled seaway trading routes through the Persian Gulf to India and East Africa.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Jacques Nicolas Bellin.

Medium: Engraving / etching on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: yes.

Sheet size: 20.6 x 26.8 cm (8.11 x 10.55 inch). Image size: 18 x 13.5 cm. (7.09 x 5.31 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Bottom edge with tiny holes from binding. Minor tear in margin repaired. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

IRAN-KINGDOM OF ORMUS-HORMUS-FORTRESS-SHIPS-PERSIA | RB-A9-08

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published in Prevosts 15 volumes of Histoire Generale des Voyages written by Prevost & other authors between 1746-1790. The work was published by Chez Didot in Paris in 1746. The plates and maps were by Cochin fils, Tardieu, B. L. Prevost and others.

Biography artist: Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), was a French hydrographer and geographer. He is considered the greatest 18 th. c. French hydrographer and for 50 years he was associated with the 'Depot des cartes et Plans' (Depot de la Marine) as the First hydrographer of the French Royal Navy. His maps were constantly updated with the latest information and their execution magnificent. Bellin's major works are the 'Neptune Francois ...', the 'Petit Atlas Maritime ...' and the 'Hydrographie Francoise ...' As a member of a French intellectual group called the 'Philosophes' and he contributed 994 articles to the 'Encyclopedie' by Diderot/d'Alembert. He also contributed to the 'Histoire Generale des Voyages' by Prevost.