Sahab's Map of Tehran Mapmaker(s)_Petrus Schenk engraved by James Bingley

engraved by James Bingley

This map of Portugal was published in Chiquet’s ‘Le nouveau et curieux atlas géographique et historique

This view was engraved by

but despite a disastrous fire at his premises in 1750 he avoided their fate and died solvent

and carries the price at the foot of the page: ‘The price in sheets at the press

Sahab's Map of Tehran Mapmaker(s)_Petrus Schenk engraved by James BingleyThis map of Tehran features a legend in the borders listing 218 places of interest in the pre Revolutionary city. The mapmakers own premises are identified within a red oval in the right hand part of the map. Abbas (1921 2000) was encouraged by his father and his teachers to draft maps from a remarkably young age: considered by many as the father of modern Persian cartography he established the SGDI [Sahab Geographic and Drafting Institute] in 1936