Historic Map : Spruner Map of The Mediterranean Under The Caliphs, 1855, Vintage Wall Art Size:20in x 16in a human zoo

a human zoo

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Original folder includes the names of committee members of the ‘Society'

This map was issued in 1862

sponsored a number of cartographic expeditions to the farthest reaches of his vast empire

Historic Map : Spruner Map of The Mediterranean Under The Caliphs, 1855, Vintage Wall Art Size:20in x 16in a human zooThis is a fascinating example of Karl von Spruner's 1855 historical map of the Mediterranean during the rule of the Caliphs. The map covers from France to the Sahara Desert in Africa and from Western Arica to Syria, including the modern day countries of Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, egypt, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, and Turkey. The map depicts the Caliphate at its greatest extent. After the first four caliphs (632 661), the Caliphate was