Mid 19th century engraved city view with lovely hand color
On the reverse is a close-up coastal harbor chart of one of the main harbors with anchorage spots and sounding depths
Fourth engraved plate shows the young woman's male suitor introduced to her father and family
with shading to the robes
Persia Iran Caucasus Armenia Afghanistan Turkestan 1869 Berghaus detailed map USGS Topo charts & coast maps Mid 19th century engraved cityIran und Turan oder Persien, Afghanistan, Belutschistan, & Turkestan. (Old Maps, 19th Century Maps, Asia, Middle East, Central Asia, Persia, Iran, Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Turkestan, Caucasus, Armenia). Issued 1869 Gotha by Justus Perthes for Stieler. Map by Berghaus. Very detailed 19th century engraved map with original outline hand color. Stieler maps went through continual revisions. Thus, for any specific Stieler map such as this one, there are