File:1818 Pinkerton Map of Nubia, Sudan and Abyssinia - Geographicus - Abyssinia-pinkerton-1818.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file(5,000 × 3,689 pixels, file size: 3.7 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
John Pinkerton: Abyssinia, Nubia & c.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
John Pinkerton  (1758–1826)  wikidata:Q3446354 s:en:Author:John Pinkerton
 
John Pinkerton
Alternative names
Pinkerton, John
Description Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, numismatist and historian
Date of birth/death 17 February 1758 Edit this at Wikidata 10 March 1826 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Edinburgh Paris
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q3446354
Title
Abyssinia, Nubia & c.
Description
English: Pinkerton's extraordinary 1818 map of Nubia and Abyssinia. Covers from Darfur east to the Gulf of Aden and from Aswan south to Gingiro. Includes the modern day countries of Sudan, Ethiopia, and Eretria as well as parts of Djibouti, Kenya, Egypt, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. This map is centered on the southern reaches of the Nile River. Shows the division of the Nile in modern day Sudan between the White Nile, which flows slightly westward and the Blue Nile which flows slightly eastward. The Blue Nile had, by this time, been traced to its source, Lake Tana, in the relatively well mapped Christian kingdom of Abyssinia. The White Nile is shown originating the Mountains of the Moon in the extreme lower left quadrants of this map. The Mountains of the Moon were an apocryphal source for the Nile River speculated upon by as early as Herodotus but more commonly by the second century geographer Claudius Ptolemy. It is a curious decision on the part of Pinkerton to keep the Mountains of the Moon as a source of the White Nile, but abandon the associated lake theory that, ultimately proved to have some relation to reality. Pinkerton offers numerous interesting notes and commentary throughout. Near the split of the White and Blue Niles, Pinkerton correctly identifies the Supposed Ancient Island of Meroe were today little known but magnificent ancient pyramids were built in imitation of the Egyptian work at Giza. Also notes the site where the Portuguese found King David Encamped in 1520 - no doubt referring to one of the many Abyssinian Kings of that name. Also notes the important desert caravan route, with its many oases, between Accad and Aswan. Upper right hand quadrant features title plate and a scale in British Miles. Drawn by L. Herbert and engraved by Samuel Neele under the direction of John Pinkerton. This map comes from the scarce American edition of Pinkerton’s Modern Atlas, published by Thomas Dobson & Co. of Philadelphia in 1818.
Date 1818 (undated)
Dimensions height: 20 in (50.8 cm); width: 28 in (71.1 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,20U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,28U218593
Accession number
Geographicus link: Abyssinia-pinkerton-1818
Source/Photographer

Pinkerton, J., A Modern Atlas, from the Lates and Best Authorities, Exhibiting the Various Divisions of the World with its chief Empires, Kingdoms, and States; in Sixty Maps, carefully reduced from the Larges and Most Authentic Sources. 1818, Philadelphia, Thomas Dobson Edition.

Permission
(Reusing this file)
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.


You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current07:25, 23 March 2011Thumbnail for version as of 07:25, 23 March 20115,000 × 3,689 (3.7 MB)BotMultichillT (talk | contribs){{subst:User:Multichill/Geographicus |link=http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Abyssinia-pinkerton-1818 |product_name=1818 Pinkerton Map of Nubia, Sudan and Abyssinia |map_title=Abyssinia, Nubia & c. |description=Pinkerton's extraordinary 1818 ma

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file: