1712 Wells Map of Asia Minor, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Jordan and Iraq
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A New Map of the Eastern Parts of Asia Minor Largely taken: As Also of Syria, Armenia, Mesopotamia and c. Showing their Antient Divisions, Countries or People, Chiefe Cities, Towns, Rivers, Mountains, and c. Dedicated to His Highness William Duke of Gloucester.
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Cartographer
Edward Wells (1667 - 1727) was an English mathematician, geographer, and classical scholar based at Christ Church College, Oxford. Wells trained for the ministry but quickly found himself unsuited to religious life and instead applied for an academic position at Oxford, where he authored numerous well respected works on a wide range of mathematical and scientific topics. He tutored Prince William, the sickly son of Queen Anne, who was likely about 11 at the time this map was prepared. Wells dedicated nearly all of the maps in his atlas, A New Sett of Maps both of Ancient and Present Geography, to the young prince - quite possibly posthumously, as William died in July of 1700 shortly prior to the publication of the atlas. Nonetheless, Wells' geography proved popular and was published in number editions well into the 1730s. Further Details...
Source
Wells, E., A New Sett of Maps both of Ancient and Present Geography, (London, T. w. Bonwicke) c. 1712.
Condition
Good condition. Some warping of the paper. Original centerfold. Some creasing to left of centerfold. Original pressmark visible. Blank on verso. Even overall toning.
References
Laor, E., Map of the Holy Land: Cartobibliography of Printed Maps, 1475 - 1900, no. 833.