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Map of Turky [sic], Arabia and Persia.

Map of Turky [sic], Arabia and Persia.

Relief shown pictorially. From Senex's New general atlas. Published in London by D. Browne in 1721. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

Persarum imperium. Historic map, Library of Congress

Persarum imperium. Historic map, Library of Congress

Shows Iran and adjacent counties. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

[Khosrau I (d. 579), king of Persia, seated on throne, directing Burzuwayh, the sage, to go to India to procure the Kalilah Wa Dimnah ("Book of Wisdom")]

[Khosrau I (d. 579), king of Persia, seated on throne, directing Burzu...

Woodcut frontis. Illus. in: Kalilah wa-Dimnah. German: Directorium Humanae vitae. German. Ulm, Lienhart Holle, May 28, 1483. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: I... More

A map of the countries between Constantinople and Calcutta : including Turkey in Asia, Persia, Afghanistan & Turkestan.

A map of the countries between Constantinople and Calcutta : including...

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

Map of Persia, Afghanistan and Baluchistan.

Map of Persia, Afghanistan and Baluchistan.

Relief shown by hachures. At head of map: Rand, McNally & Co.'s indexed atlas of the world. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Map of Persia and adjacent countries, for Sir John Malcolm's History of Persia /

Map of Persia and adjacent countries, for Sir John Malcolm's History o...

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

Persia and Cabool / Historic map, Library of Congress

Persia and Cabool / Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown in hachures. In upper right corner: National atlas, 25. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as a raster image.

Assyria - Portal Guardian from Nimroud. British Museum

Assyria - Portal Guardian from Nimroud. British Museum

Statue of a lion with wings and head of a bearded man. On mount verso: 41. On mount recto: No. 2.

Johann Baptist Homann - Verschiedene propspecte der vornemsten stadten in Persien /

Johann Baptist Homann - Verschiedene propspecte der vornemsten stadten...

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

Assyria - Head of Portal Guardian from Nimroud. British Museum

Assyria - Head of Portal Guardian from Nimroud. British Museum

Bust sculpture of a bearded man. On mount verso: 41. Public domain photograph of sculpture in France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A new & accurate map of Persia, with the adjacent countries : drawn from the most approved modern maps &c, the whole being regulated by astronl. observations /

A new & accurate map of Persia, with the adjacent countries : drawn fr...

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

Figure of Persian god Mithras, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.

Figure of Persian god Mithras, National Academy of Sciences, Washingto...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Persia Arabia &c. / Historic map, Library of Congress

Persia Arabia &c. / Historic map, Library of Congress

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

Persia Arabia & c. / Historic map, Library of Congress

Persia Arabia & c. / Historic map, Library of Congress

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

Colton's Persia Arabia & co. - Public domain old map

Colton's Persia Arabia & co. - Public domain old map

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

Johnson's Turkey in Asia : Persia Arabia &c. /

Johnson's Turkey in Asia : Persia Arabia &c. /

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

Colton's Persia Arabia & c. / - Public domain old map

Colton's Persia Arabia & c. / - Public domain old map

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.

Persia, Afghanistan and Beluchistan.

Persia, Afghanistan and Beluchistan.

Relief shown in hachures. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. In right margin: Indexed atlas of the world, [Persia, etc.] From: Rand, McNally & Co. Atlas of the world, 1882, p. 183. Available also through the Libr... More