Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823
Title:
Map of lower Egypt / from various surveys communicated by Major Bryce and other officers ; drawn by A. Arrowsmith 1807 ; Jas. Palmer sculp.
Published / Created:
London : A. Arrowsmith, 1807.
Physical Description:
1 map on 2 sheets : hand col. ; 120 x 157 cm., sheets 65 x 164 cm. and 66 x 164 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Maps/Atlases 1862 Egypt
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scale [ca. 1:185,000] -- (E 29°33ʹ--E 32°36ʹ/N 31°45ʹ--N 29°45ʹ).
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and soundings.

Also covers Nile River Delta.

"London: Published 10th Nov'r 1807 by A. Arrowsmith, No. 10 Soho Square."

Originally printed on 4 sheets.

Imperfect: Fold-lined, torn, taped on verso (recent restoration).

Includes text, notes in map area, and inset of "Battle of the Nile 1st Aug. 1798" with index of participating ships.

BAC: British Art Center copy from the collection of Ernest Augustus Cumberland.
Subject Terms:
Egypt -- Maps. | Nile River Delta (Egypt) -- Maps. | Nile, Battle of the, Egypt, 1798 -- Maps. | Nile, Battle of the (Egypt : 1798) | Egypt. | Egypt -- Nile River Delta.
Form/Genre:
Maps.
Contributors:
Bryce, Alexander, -1832. | Palmer, James, engraver.