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A scarce map of Persia, published by Tobias Conrad Lotter. The map extends from the Black Sea to Kashmir, and the area is divided into kingdoms and other entities. The map is highly detailed, with major roads, rivers, and many other features all shown and described. Cities of particular importance, perhaps capitals at the time, are marked in red.
The map shows small parts of adjacent countries. Parts of Russia and Arabia can be seen. Notably, this map includes two islands off the coast of "el Catif," labeled "Insula Bahrein." One of these islands is likely a mismapping of the Qatari peninsula. A note in Latin refers to this area as subject to the Persian king.
This is an attractive antique map of Persia showing a large and detailed region.
Matthäus Seutter (1678-1757) was a prominent German mapmaker in the mid-eighteenth century. Initially apprenticed to a brewer, he trained as an engraver under Johann Baptist Homann in Nuremburg before setting up shop in his native Augsburg. In 1727 he was granted the title Imperial Geographer. His most famous work is Atlas Novus Sive Tabulae Geographicae, published in two volumes ca. 1730, although the majority of his maps are based on earlier work by other cartographers like the Homanns, Delisles, and de Fer.
Alternative spellings: Matthias Seutter, Mathaus Seutter, Matthaeus Seutter, Mattheus Seutter
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