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Map of Persia

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Map of Persia

Blaeu sr., Joan

Map of Persia taken from the Atlas van der Hagen, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, Part 4.

Bottom right a commission from Joan Blaeu to Simon van Hoorn.

This map of Persia was published in 1635 by Willem Jansz. Blaeu (1571-1635). The chart depicted here is a later version, incorporated by Joan Blaeu (1571-1635) in his Atlas Maior in 1662. Joan Blaeu dedicated the map to the Amsterdam administrator Mr. Simon van Hoorn (1618-1667).

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