Middle East

Illus. in: Fasciculus medicinae / Johannes de Ketham. Venice : J. and G. de Gregoriis, de Forlivio, 1495. Published in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 130.

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Covers the Ottoman Empire and adjacent regions of the Middle East. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Hand colored to emphasize the boundaries of the constituent states and provinces. LC copy impe More

Covers the Ottoman Empire and adjacent regions of the Middle East. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Originally printed on 2 sheets (western/eastern) now conjoined. LC copy imperfect: Fold-lined More

Relief shown pictorially. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Relief shown pictorially. In upper right corner: II7. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Dated from other maps in the same atlas. Inset map: "Supplentum Theatro Historico", showing eastern hemisphere. Shows the eastern Roman Empire in 400 A.D. Shows boundaries, forests, settlements. Relief shown pi More

Relief shown pictorially. "Cum privilegio sac. cæsarece majestatis." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Shows nations and their borders in color. Relief shown pictorially. Includes globe-shaped inset titled "Supplementum Theatro Historicum" showing continents of Africa, Europe, Asia and northern boundaries of Aus More

Relief shown pictorially. Includes two illustrations and text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

LC copy: Country boundaries hand colored. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Relief shown pictorially. Insets: Carte des voiages d'Abraham -- Disposition du Camp des Israelites autour de l'Arche d'Alliance. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Relief shown pictorially. Has ornamental cartouche. From: Bowen's A complete system of geography. London : Printed for W. Innys, R. Ware [etc.], 1747. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as More

Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. LC copy annotated in inks to show boundaries. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Aerial views for 14 cities in Persia and Central Asia. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Shows that part of the Middle East under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Turks. Relief shown pictorially. Title (spelled "Turky") in rectangular title cartouche at lower right. Prime meridian: Ferro. The map shee More

Shows Bokhara, Afghanistan, Beloochistan and part of Persia. Relief shown by hachures. "Engraved by J. & C. Walker." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Shows Bokhara, Afghanistan, Beloochistan and part of Persia. Relief shown by hachures. "Engraved by J. & C. Walker." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

From: A new and elegant imperial sheet atlas, 1803. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Shows borders between Kingdoms of Cassander, Lysimachus, Seleucus and Ptolmy. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy mounted on cloth backing.

Covers Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, most of Pakistan, portions of Turkey and Syria, and the surrounding countries. LC copy imperfect: Chipped on edges. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a r More

Relief shown by shading. Prime meridian: Paris "32." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Print showing various images: Noah's Ark; child with lion; person praying on mountain top; woman making sacrifice; woman teaching group from large book; woman kneeling in prayer; woman in white appearing before More

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Washington and London. LC copy: Boundaries color coded. Annotated in pencil at bottom margin: "Bradford Comprehensive atlas 1835" LC copy stamped on: 626888. Available More

Shows colored country borders. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Paris. "Atlas universel 34e." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy annotated in pencil: Fro More

Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 3, pts. 16-18, p. 1. Surro More

Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 3, pts. 14-15, p. 1. Surro More

Shows city sizes by shape and size of different symbol bullets. Relief shown by hachures. LC copy has attached typewritten slip: New Universal Atlas, H. S. Tanner, S. Augustus Mitchell, Philadelphia 1846. LC co More

Shows parts of lower Nile and Nile Delta in Egypt. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Paris. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Illus. in: Robertus Remensis, Historia itineris contra Turcos (Dutch), Gouda, ca. 1486. Referece copy may be in LOT 7012. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Incu More

General view showing palm trees growing among ruins of buildings of an Arab village. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. More

Funerary inscriptions on tablets at Arab cemetery, Aswān, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Teynard. Paris : Goupil et C More

Exterior view of Arab dwellings along the edge of the Nile in Asyūṭ, Egypt.

General view of ancient Arab structures at the southeast end of the town of Aswān, Egypt. Illus. in: Égypte et Nubie : sites et monuments les plus intéressants pour l'étude de l'art et de l'histoire / Félix Tey More

Divides Persia in sub-boundaries, including Afghanistan and Beloochistan. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1852 by Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. in the Clerk's Office of t More

Relief shown by hachures. "No. 92" Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

General-content wall map of the Ottoman Empire (which included much of the Middle East and part of the Balkan Peninsula). Relief shown by hachures. Title from map area and from blue printed title sheet affixed More

Shows the boundaries of the Ottoman and Russian empires, British colonies in India and the extents of the Imam of Maskat territory--all in different border colors. Relief shown by hachures. "Terrain gestochen v More

Tobacco label showing armored knight leading his horse, by the bridle, toward a castle in the distance. Copyright by Th. G. Little.

Rubble and remains of the Moabitez (Moabites?) Theatre, possibly in Jordan. No. 401.

Remnants of an arch. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates More

Building in ruins at Baʻlabakk, Lebanon. On recto: Thomas Wilson, Washington, D.C. Written in pencil on mount: "Photo by Dumas, 188- ". No. 50.

Street scene with man and women in a residential section of Algiers, Algeria. No. 29.

In album: Jerusalem, Alexandria, Cairo, Rome, no. 151. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of More

Men seated outside building, possibly a Muslim shrine, built around columns of an older structure. No. 12. On mount: Thomas Wilson, Washington, D.C. Written in pencil on mount: "Photo by Dumas, 188- ". On vers More

Cemetery with tomb(?) and minarets in background, Egypt. No. 32. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a More

Earth and rock dwellings in semi-arid area, possibly Palestine. Public domain photograph - historical image of Israel, Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Title devised by library staff. Possibly taken by Tancrède R. Dumas. No. 77.

Entry to a domed building off a courtyard, Algiers, Algeria. No. 229(?).

Young Arab woman of the Cedars of Mount Lebanon. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg wh More

Title devised by library staff. On verso: Asia. Natives. Palestine. Hourani? Bedouins.

An Arab man standing beside woman on a donkey. No. 2068.

Lemonade vendor and customer. No. 22. On verso: Asia. Syria - Natives. Arabs.

Arab man, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front, Algeria. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support More

Photograph shows self-portrait of Francis Frith mounted on illustrated title page of his book of photographs of the Middle East. Illus. in: Egypt, Sinai, and Palestine / by F. Frith. Supplementary volume. Lond More

Prime meridian: Washington, DC LC copy has slip attached: Colton's general atlas, G. Woolworth Colton, J. H. Colton, New York, 1863, Property of Andrew Arthur Benton, New York, N. Y. LC copy stamped on: 626888. More

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 6 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 204, Folder 51b. Copy scanned: 2

Shows good details of the towns and cities along the Nile in Egypt, Nubia, and Sennar (in Sudan). Relief shown by hachures. Has a slip note stating "Johnson's New Ilustrated Family Atlas, John & Ward, New York, More

Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. Has a vine motif frame. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC copy stamped on: 626888.

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Museum room with urns on floor and fragments of tablets on shelves, large lamp? hanging from ceiling. No. 1366.

Palm trees, thatched roof huts, and villagers along the banks of the Nile River, Egypt.

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 29, no. 738 (1869 Nov. 13), p. 149. Reference copy may be in BIOG FILE. Caption card tracings: Af More

Shows parts of Egypt and Nubia east of the Nile. Has a note at the bottom saying, "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1867 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Clerks Office of the District Court for th More

Patent medicine label showing crusader in armor. Copyright by Will. B. Dorman.

(1): Arab of the Chammar (Shammar) tribe; (2): Arab of the Zobeı̈d tribe; and (3): married Muslim woman of Baghdad. French caption from book: Bagdad: Figure 1: Arabe Chammar; Figure 2: Arabe Zobeı̈d; Figure 3: More

(1): Bedouin from the province of Halep (Aleppo); (2): Bedouin woman from the province of Halep (Aleppo); and (3): married Jewish woman from Halep (Aleppo). French caption from book: Alep: Figure 1: Bèdewi du More

Women in barroom protesting the sale of alcoholic beverages. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1874 March 14, p. 236.

General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Restein, E.P. & L., copyright claimant. Fabronius, More

Photograph shows Jacob (Eliyahu) Spafford, member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, three-quarter length portrait, standing, facing front. In album: Portraits of the Whiting and Spafford families and other More

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 2. No. 454. In album: Ayasofya Camii, Kariye Camii and other mosques, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Co More

Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 1. No. 455. In album: Ayasofya Camii, Kariye Camii and other mosques, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Co More

Relief shown in hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Includes list of geographic terms in eastern languages and notes on administrative divisions. Includes notes on materials the cartographer used to put together the map. More

Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1885 by G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." Include inset showing the area in the bigg More

Shows railroads, submarine telegraphs, and boundaries of British possessions colored in red. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. "Stanford's Geogl. Establ." Includes distance table between cities in Brit More

Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

"Geo. Cawston" "London: Published by Edward Stanford, 55, Charing Cross, S.W. January 1, 1886." Includes statistical tables of religion, population, surface area, and military personnel. Available also through More

(DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "From Sinai to Shechem" by Edward L. Wilson, Century, 37:96 (Dec. 1888).

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bedouin man of the Dead Sea area, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front. No. 2055. On verso: Asia. Syria - Natives. Palestine. Jerusalem. Jew.

Jewish woman, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front. No. 2016. Reproduction of painting? Asia. Natives (Turkey) Syria. Damascus. Arabian Jewess.

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Young Druze woman, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, wearing tall headdress with veil. No. 2080.

Originals in PR12, LOT 6634. Public domain photograph of Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Scale 1:253,440; 4 miles to the in. "Pensacola & Atlantic Railroad lands (3,800,000 acres in west, middle, east & south Florida; lands suitable for truck farming, orange groves and sugar cane, with some of the More

Head and shoulders of man, (3 - facing left - left side of face is most visible).

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Arabia. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Fortresses.

May not be Egypt. Caption on lantern slide is: At the well, Siam. Not traditional Bedouin or Egyptian dress. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportati More

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May not be Egypt. Probably a European or American a left and Arab at right in red. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph c More

May not be Egypt; looks more like Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states, or Aden. Could also be Sudan. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission More

Woman and child sit on burro with man standing on her right, another child on her left.

Stereograph showing man leading a camel which has a tented litter on its back with two people inside. 44920-BB2 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: "Copyright by 1896 by Underwood & Underwood."