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Map of the Red Sea by Jean-Baptiste Denville, Paris, 1975
(خارطة البحر الأحمر من قبل جان بابتيست دنفيل ، باريس ، )

Title	Map of the Red Sea by Jean-Baptiste Denville, Paris, 1975
Title Original	خارطة البحر الأحمر من قبل جان بابتيست دنفيل ، باريس ،
Publication Date:	AD 1765
Publication Place	- Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Subject	sheet
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	75.5 × 55.5 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	ARC.pt 456
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus22;11;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	AD 1765
Notes	French illustrator and card designer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville was born in Paris in 1697 and died in 1782. He was famous for his significant contribution to European map making. In 1754 he became an elected member of the Royal Academy of Belle Littre, where he held the position of geographer and was appointed first photographer to the King of France in 1773. This copper plate engraved map of the Red Sea entitled: “The Persian Gulf or Red Sea” by Monsieur Danville of the Royal Academy of Belle Littre and the Academy of Sciences at Petersburg, Secretary of the Académie des Sciences, recipient of the title from the Duke of Orleans in 1765) is shown on it. Cairo, Medina, or Yathrib, Mount Uhud, Jeddah, Mecca, Mount Arafat, and a dotted line showing the boundaries of the Mecca and Medina region. Donville was a classical scholar and used ancient texts, including those written in ancient Greek, to draw up his maps. He was also familiar with some Arabic words and able to read Arabic references in translation. In his important personal project entitled (Memories of Ancient and Modern Egypt), he described the Persian Gulf, or the Red Sea, and it was printed in 1766. Donville noted that Maco Raba is a term used by Ptolemy who went on (a year after our map) to analyze the Red Sea in sixty pages. The use of the Macuraba reference to describe Mecca is in fact generally considered to be a traditional name given to Mecca by Ptolemy in his guide to geography, although this is a matter of debate, as Donville also used the name Yathrib to describe the city. The Red Sea was of great importance during the eighteenth century and was an opportunity to explore Egypt and also the borders of the ancient world.
Sample Text	“Map of the Red Sea by Jean-Baptiste Denville, Paris, 1975” under Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;11;ar

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Map of the Red Sea by Jean-Baptiste Denville, Paris, 1975

(خارطة البحر الأحمر من قبل جان بابتيست دنفيل ، باريس ، )

Publication Date AD 1765

Publication Place - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Subject sheet

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 75.5 × 55.5 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID ARC.pt 456

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus22;11;ar

Library Location Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Date AD 1765

Notes French illustrator and card designer Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville was born in Paris in 1697 and died in 1782. He was famous for his significant contribution to European map making. In 1754 he became an elected member of the Royal Academy of Belle Littre, where he held the position of geographer and was appointed first photographer to the King of France in 1773. This copper plate engraved map of the Red Sea entitled: “The Persian Gulf or Red Sea” by Monsieur Danville of the Royal Academy of Belle Littre and the Academy of Sciences at Petersburg, Secretary of the Académie des Sciences, recipient of the title from the Duke of Orleans in 1765) is shown on it. Cairo, Medina, or Yathrib, Mount Uhud, Jeddah, Mecca, Mount Arafat, and a dotted line showing the boundaries of the Mecca and Medina region. Donville was a classical scholar and used ancient texts, including those written in ancient Greek, to draw up his maps. He was also familiar with some Arabic words and able to read Arabic references in translation. In his important personal project entitled (Memories of Ancient and Modern Egypt), he described the Persian Gulf, or the Red Sea, and it was printed in 1766. Donville noted that Maco Raba is a term used by Ptolemy who went on (a year after our map) to analyze the Red Sea in sixty pages. The use of the Macuraba reference to describe Mecca is in fact generally considered to be a traditional name given to Mecca by Ptolemy in his guide to geography, although this is a matter of debate, as Donville also used the name Yathrib to describe the city. The Red Sea was of great importance during the eighteenth century and was an opportunity to explore Egypt and also the borders of the ancient world.

Sample Text “Map of the Red Sea by Jean-Baptiste Denville, Paris, 1975” under Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;11;ar