Old Arabic Map of the World by Hafiz Ali Esref in 1893 - America, Great Britain, Australia, Arabia, Morroco science wending down through Rochester

wending down through Rochester

Most of Suffolk's most populous towns and cities have already popped into existence by the 1600s

This lovely map of Cambridge by Spencer Hoffman

This map was originally published in 24 sheets

Old Arabic Map of the World by Hafiz Ali Esref in 1893 - America, Great Britain, Australia, Arabia, Morroco science wending down through RochesterThis wonderful old map of an Arabic language World Map was originally published in 1893. It was created by Hafiz Ali Esref. Rather unusually, this map was put together by the first modern Turkish cartographer, Hafz Ali Eref (also known as Ali Sheref Pasha), and is labelled in Ottoman Turkish Arabic script. There is no English writing on this map! The map is unique in that it exhibits three different perspectives of the world: flat, oval, and views