Arabia in the Early Modern European Mind. Representations of Arabia in Early Modern European Maps
Arabia in the Early Modern European Mind. Representations of Arabia in Early Modern European Maps

Summary/Abstract: The paper sets out the graphic representations of the cultural, religious, economic and geopolitical issues regarding Arabia as a part of the Ottoman Empire of some early European cartographers and travellers from the 17th and 18th century. Thus we shall analyse the maps by Jodocus Hondius (Asiae Nova Descriptio, Turcici Imperii Imago, Turcicum Imperium), by John Speed (Asia with the Islands Adjoining Described, The Turkish Empire Newly Augmented), by John Speed (The Turkish Empire), by Willem Janszoon Blaeu (Turcicum Imperium), by Nicolas Sanson (Carte des Trois Arabies), by Pierre Du Val (Itinéraire du Caire à la Mecque), by Frederick De Witt (Turcicum Imperium), by John Seller (A Chart of the Western Part of the East Indies), by Herman Moll (Arabia According to the Newest and Most Exact Observations). We shall compare the content of the maps to each other and try to stake out a certain route of underlying sources. The study will also briefly mention the cultural, economic and political relations holding between some European countries and Arabia. The paper will spell out the Early European mindset regarding the cultural, economic and religious area called Arabia.

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