Old Rare Map of Iran by Moll, 1728: Caspian Sea, Caucasus, Astrakhan, Baku, Isfahan Size:48x60in (120x150cm) maritime studies

maritime studies

Lithographic color and crisp

each print is color-checked for period-appropriate tones

Goodwin's Island

Old Rare Map of Iran by Moll, 1728: Caspian Sea, Caucasus, Astrakhan, Baku, Isfahan Size:48x60in (120x150cm) maritime studiesPersia, Caspian Sea, done by ye Czar, and Part of Independent Tartary distills the Age of Enlightenments thirst for precision into an arresting portrait of a region in motion. Published in London in 1728 by Herman Moll, it draws upon the landmark Russian surveys of the Caspian commissioned by Peter the Great and executed by Karl (Carl) van Verden. Moll frames Persia and the Caucasus within a newly trustworthy Caspian, tying political frontiers to the