This wonderful old map of an Arabic language World Map was originally published in 1893. It was created by Hafiz Ali Esref.
Rather unusually, this map was put together by the first modern Turkish cartographer, Hafız Ali Eşref (also known as Ali Sheref Pasha), and is labelled in Ottoman Turkish Arabic script. There is no English writing on this map!
The map is unique in that it exhibits three different perspectives of the world: flat, oval, and views from the South and North poles.
This map looks great at all sizes: 12x16in (30.5x41cm), 16x20in (40.5x51cm), 18x24in (45.5x61cm), 24x36in (61x91.5cm), 32x40in (81.5x102cm), 40x50in (102x127cm), 48x60in (122x153cm) and 56x70in (142x178cm), but it looks even better when printed large.
I can create beautiful, large prints of this map up to 70in (178cm). Please get in touch if you're looking for larger, customised or different framing options.
The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40.5x51cm) version of this map.
The fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.
If you’re looking for something slightly different, another option would be this amazing map of Europe by Hafız Ali Eşref in 1893.
The locations on this map include: United States of America, Canada, Iceland, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Great Britain, Russia, Australia, China, India, South Africa, Arabia, Morocco and Peru.
Please contact me to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.
This would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving or housewarming gift for someone interested in an Arabic language World Map or someone who loves to travel the world.
This map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.