title: <div class="fn"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptolemy%27s_Geography" class="extiw" title="w:Ptolemy's Geography">The <i>Cosmography</i> of Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria</a> (<i>Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomaei Alexandrini</i>)</div>

artist: <div class="fn value"> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius_Ptolemy" class="extiw" title="w:Claudius Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a>, translated into Latin by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobus_Angelus" class="extiw" title="w:Jacobus Angelus">Jacobus Angelus</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> </div>

medium: technique ink and=color parchment

dimensions: size cm 42 28.8

current location: Institution:National Library, Warsaw Warsaw

source: [http://www.polona.pl/dlibra/doccontent2?id=61&dirids=1 www.polona.pl]

title: Isle of Graia3

artist: <bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:David_Roberts_(painter)" class="extiw" title="w:en:David Roberts (painter)">David Roberts</a> </bdi>

date: 27 February 1839<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1839-02-27T00:00:00Z/11</div>

source: Illus. in: The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia / from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts ... ; lithographed by Louis Haghe. London : F.G. Moon, 1842-1845, v. 3, pts. 16-18, p. 8. Library of Congress, Reproduction number LC-USZC4-3525 LOC-image|id=ppmsca.08343 Retouched picture|Dirt and smudges removed. Banding corrected. Histogram adjusted and colors balanced, with localized adjustments to brightness and color balance.|editor=GerardM|orig=Isle of Graia.tif Modifications made by [[User:Durova|Durova]]

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description: <i>Isle of Graia Gulf of Akabah Arabia Petraea</i>, depicting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh%27s_Island" class="extiw" title="en:Pharaoh's Island">Pharaoh's Island</a> in the northern <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gulf_of_Aqaba" title="Category:Gulf of Aqaba">Gulf of Aqaba</a> off the shore of Egypt's eastern <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sinai_Peninsula" title="Category:Sinai <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">peninsula</u>">Sinai <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">peninsula</u></a>.

title: <div class="fn"> Carte deL'Arabie qui se divise en Arabie Petree, Deserte et Heureuse, Projettee en assujettie aux Observations Celestes.</div>

artist: <bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Rigobert_Bonne" class="extiw" title="w:en:Rigobert Bonne">Rigobert Bonne</a> </bdi>

date: 1771 (dated)

dimensions: Size unit=in width=18.25 height=12.5

source: Lattre, Jean, <i>Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre</i>, c. 1775. Geographicus-source

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description: A beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's 1771 decorative map of the <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">arabian</u> <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">peninsula</u>. Covers from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean and from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf. Includes the modern day nations of Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq, Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain. Names Mt. Sinai, Mecca and Jerusalem as well as countless other cities and desert oases. Also notes numerous offshore shoals, reefs, and other dangers in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. There is a large decorative title cartouche in the upper right hand quadrant. A fine map of the region. Drawn by R. Bonne in 1771 for issue as plate no. A 25 in Jean Lattre's 1776 issue of the Atlas Moderne .

title: <div class="fn"> <span ><span dir="ltr" lang="en"><i>Johnson's Turkey in Asia Persia, Arabia &amp; Co.</i></span></span><div style="display: none;">label QS:Len,"Johnson's Turkey in Asia Persia, Arabia &amp; Co."</div> <div style="display: none;">label QS:Lar,"خريطة جونسون لِلولايات العُثمانيَّة في آسيا، وفارس، وشبه الجزيرة العربيَّة"</div> </div>

artist: <bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Alvin_J._Johnson" class="extiw" title="w:en:Alvin J. Johnson">Alvin Jewett Johnson</a> </bdi>

date: 1866 (undated)

dimensions: Size unit=in width=16.5 height=13

source: Johnson, A. J., <i>Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas of The World with Physical Geography, and with Descriptions Geographical, Statistical, and Historic including The Latest Federal Census, A Geographical Index, and a Chronological History of the Civil War in America</i>, 1866. Geographicus-source

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title: Map of the Arabian Peninsula

artist: <bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Jacob_van_Meurs" class="extiw" title="w:en:Jacob van Meurs">Jacob van Meurs</a> </bdi>

date: circa 1680 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1680-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>

medium: nl 1=gravure op papier en 1=engraving on paper

dimensions: Size unit=cm width=36.5 height=30

current location: Institution:Koninklijke Bibliotheek

source: Atlas of Mutual Heritage|institute=kb [http://www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl/en/object/?id=6608 Source at the Atlas of Mutual Heritage] |notes=en|1='''Subjects''': ship / vessel, chart / map / plan, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, Person, compass / dial nl|1='''Onderwerpen''': schip / vaartuig, plattegrond / kaart, banderol / cartouche / versiering, Persoon, kompas / windroos en|1='''Post''': this image is related to a VOC trading post called [http://www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl/en/post/?id=613 ''Al Mukha'']

credit: This is an image from the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Atlas_of_Mutual_Heritage" title="Commons:Atlas of Mutual Heritage">Atlas of Mutual Heritage</a> and the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Koninklijke_Bibliotheek" title="Commons:Koninklijke Bibliotheek">Koninklijke Bibliotheek</a>, the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kb.nl">Dutch National Library</a>.<br><p><small>The metadata of this file is public domain under a Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC-ZERO). This permission has been archived as ticket #<a class="external text" href="https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&amp;TicketNumber=2014051410008887">2014051410008887</a></small> </p>

description: Map of the <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">arabian</u> <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">peninsula</u>. <i>Nova Totius Arabiae Foelicis, Petraeae, et Desertae, descriptio per Jac. Meurs</i>.

title: Map of the Arabian peninsula

artist: <bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Nicolas_Sanson" class="extiw" title="w:en:Nicolas Sanson">Nicolas Sanson</a> </bdi>

date: circa 1705 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1705-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>

medium: nl 1=ingekleurde gravure op papier en 1=coloured engraving on paper

dimensions: Size unit=cm width=26 height=20.5

current location: Institution:Koninklijke Bibliotheek

source: Atlas of Mutual Heritage|institute=kb [http://www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl/en/object/?id=6660 Source at the Atlas of Mutual Heritage] |notes=en|1='''Subjects''': chart / map / plan, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation nl|1='''Onderwerpen''': plattegrond / kaart, banderol / cartouche / versiering en|1='''Post''': this image is related to a VOC trading post called [http://www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl/en/post/?id=314 ''Aden'']

credit: This is an image from the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Atlas_of_Mutual_Heritage" title="Commons:Atlas of Mutual Heritage">Atlas of Mutual Heritage</a> and the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Koninklijke_Bibliotheek" title="Commons:Koninklijke Bibliotheek">Koninklijke Bibliotheek</a>, the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kb.nl">Dutch National Library</a>.<br><p><small>The metadata of this file is public domain under a Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC-ZERO). This permission has been archived as ticket #<a class="external text" href="https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&amp;TicketNumber=2014051410008887">2014051410008887</a></small> </p>

description: Map of the <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">arabian</u> <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">peninsula</u>. '<i>t Steenachtig, Woest, en gelukkig Arabien</i>.

title: Map of Africa and the Arabian peninsula

artist: <bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Nicolas_Sanson" class="extiw" title="w:en:Nicolas Sanson">Nicolas Sanson</a> </bdi>

date: circa 1705 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1705-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>

medium: nl 1=ingekleurde gravure op papier en 1=coloured engraving on paper

dimensions: Size unit=cm width=28.5 height=21

current location: Institution:Koninklijke Bibliotheek

source: Atlas of Mutual Heritage|institute=kb [http://www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl/en/object/?id=6673 Source at the Atlas of Mutual Heritage] |notes=en|1='''Subjects''': chart / map / plan, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, compass / dial nl|1='''Onderwerpen''': plattegrond / kaart, banderol / cartouche / versiering, kompas / windroos en|1='''Post''': this image is related to a VOC trading post called [http://www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl/en/post/?id=320 ''Cape Town'']

credit: This is an image from the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Atlas_of_Mutual_Heritage" title="Commons:Atlas of Mutual Heritage">Atlas of Mutual Heritage</a> and the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Koninklijke_Bibliotheek" title="Commons:Koninklijke Bibliotheek">Koninklijke Bibliotheek</a>, the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kb.nl">Dutch National Library</a>.<br><p><small>The metadata of this file is public domain under a Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC-ZERO). This permission has been archived as ticket #<a class="external text" href="https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&amp;TicketNumber=2014051410008887">2014051410008887</a></small> </p>

description: Map of Africa and the <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">arabian</u> <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">peninsula</u>. <i>Africa</i>.

title: Map of the Arabian peninsula

artist: <bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Johannes_Vingboons" class="extiw" title="w:en:Johannes Vingboons">Johannes Vingboons</a> </bdi>

date: circa 1665 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>

medium: nl 1=aquarel/waterverf op papier en 1=watercolour on paper

dimensions: Size unit=cm width=70 height=48

current location: Institution:Nationaal Archief

source: Atlas of Mutual Heritage|institute=na [http://www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl/en/object/?id=6736 Source at the Atlas of Mutual Heritage] - [http://www.gahetna.nl/collectie/archief/inventaris/index/eadid/4.VELH/inventarisnr/619.10/level/file Source at the Nationaal Archief] |notes=en|1='''Subjects''': compass / dial, chart / map / plan nl|1='''Onderwerpen''': kompas / windroos, plattegrond / kaart

credit: This is an image from the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Atlas_of_Mutual_Heritage" title="Commons:Atlas of Mutual Heritage">Atlas of Mutual Heritage</a> and the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gahetna.nl/en">Nationaal Archief</a>, the Dutch National Archives.<br><p><small>The metadata of this file is public domain under a Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC-ZERO). This permission has been archived as ticket #<a class="external text" href="https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&amp;TicketNumber=2014051410008887">2014051410008887</a></small> </p>

description: Title in the Leupe catalogue (NA): <i>Kaart van de Roode zee, van een gedeelte der noordkust van Somaliland, van de zuid en oostkust van Arabië, en de Perzische golf</i>. <p>Map of the <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">arabian</u> <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">peninsula</u>. </p> Remarks: the chart is taken from the Atlas Vingboons.

title: <div class="fn"> <i>AS10-27-3976 - Apollo 10 - Apollo 10 Mission image - Lunar - Arabian Peninsula</i> </div>

artist: <div class="fn value"> <bdi lang="">Unknown author</bdi> or not provided</div>

date: 1967

current location: Electronic Records Archives (ERA)

credit: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._National_Archives_and_Records_Administration" class="extiw" title="en:U.S. National Archives and Records Administration">U.S. National Archives and Records Administration</a>

description: <div class="description"> <ul><li> <b>Scope and content:</b> The original database describes this as:</li></ul> <p>Description: View of Lunar - <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">arabian</u> <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">peninsula</u> during Apollo 10 Mission. Principal Point on Transearth Injection (TEI). Film magazine was N,film type was SO-368 with 250mm lens. Film type was 70mm color. </p> <p>Subject Terms: Apollo 10 Flight, Moon, Peninsulas </p> <p>Categories: Lunar Observations </p> <p>Original: Film - 70MM CT </p> <p>Interior_Exterior: Exterior </p> Ground_Orbit: On-orbit</div>

title: <div class="fn"> <i>AS11-36-5355 - Apollo 11 - Apollo 11 Mission image - Earth view over Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East</i> </div>

artist: <div class="fn value"> <bdi lang="">Unknown author</bdi> or not provided</div>

date: 1967

current location: Electronic Records Archives (ERA)

credit: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._National_Archives_and_Records_Administration" class="extiw" title="en:U.S. National Archives and Records Administration">U.S. National Archives and Records Administration</a>

description: <div class="description"> <ul><li> <b>Scope and content:</b> The original database describes this as:</li></ul> <p>Description: Earth view over Africa, the <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">arabian</u> <u style="background-color:yellow;" class="">peninsula</u> and the Middle East. This image was taken from a distance of more than 100,00 nautical miles, approximately 25 hours after launch during the transluner phase of the Apollo 11 Mission. Original film magazine was labeled N; Film type: S0-368 Color; 250mm lens. </p> <p>Subject Terms: Apollo 11 Flight, Earth Observation (From Space), Africa, Middle East, Saudi Arabia </p> <p>Categories: Earth Observations </p> <p>Date: 7/17/1969 0:00 </p> <p>Original: Film - 70MM CT </p> <p>Interior_Exterior: Exterior </p> Ground_Orbit: On-orbit</div>