Hi, Karen-- I did some poking around--lucky Googling, basically--and I think it's a map from the frontispiece of *Volney's Ruins: Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires*. The original (*Les Ruines, ou méditations sur les révolutions des empires*) was written in French in 1791 by Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney and there seem to have been quite a number of translations available in English in the late 18th c. and throughout the 19th. I haven't quite found that specific map (I'd wager it comes from a specific edition), but you can see one very close to it on page 22 of this 1796 edition <https://archive.org/details/ruinsorsurveyofr01voln/page/n21/mode/2up>.and page 10 of this 1822 edition <https://archive.org/details/ruins01voln/page/n9/mode/2up>. Titles have been differently rendered, too, adding to the fun (*The ruins: or A survey of the revolutions of empires *vs *Volney's Ruins: Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires*, for instance). I'd think it's safe to presume we're looking at an English edition since the cardinal directions on the map are in English. I noticed, too, that the map you provided has a typo (writo?) in the legend at #6: Persepolis is rendered as"Pesepolis" -- might be a quick way to help see if you/we find the right print edition! Lots of editions to poke through here <https://archive.org/search?query=ruins+volney>. What a fantastic mystery for a Saturday morning! 😁 --Eric ______________________________________________________________ [image: Workshop-logo-red-tight-72dpi.jpg] Eric D. M. Johnson, MA, MSLIS Head, Innovative Media Associate Professor Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries @ericdmj <http://twitter.com/ericdmj> // 804-828-2802 // library.vcu.edu/workshop *Pronouns: he/him/his* On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 5:04 PM Karen D. Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hello and happy Friday! > > > > I have been given several folders of maps that our cartographic specialist said > were taken from atlases. No information about the atlases was given, so > each one has been an exercise in sleuthing. One particular map has me at my > wit’s end. It has no title, no statement of responsibility, and no > publisher’s information. No date, of course. > > > > I’ve used Google Lens to search images based on a photograph I took of the > map, with no luck. I’ve browsed through multiple atlas pages on the David > Rumsey website, also to no avail. I’ve searched on the placenames listed in > the legend, both in WorldCat and Google, also with no luck. > > > > I’m wondering if anybody can help me identify this map or at least suggest > a time frame for the publication date. I’ve resigned myself to creating a > catalog record with a cataloger-created title and a long description, but > I’d love to know where this came from and when. I am a general cataloger > with training in cataloging pre-20th century maps, but I am not an expert > in maps. > > > > I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to attach the image, so here’s a > description. The map is a circle depicting the eastern hemisphere with > relief shown pictorially. It shows Europe to the north, including “Thule”, > Scandinavia, and Novaya Zemlya. It shows the entire African continent, > which extends to the western edge of the circle, and into China on the > east, just east of Hainan Island, which is depicted as a peninsula. A land > mass is shown just south of Vietnam, but it is not labeled. Australia is > not shown. > > > > The only text outside the map is North, East, South, and West, plus a > legend that identifies places labeled with numbers on the map. The place > names are: > > > > 1. Pyramids > 2. Gaza > 3. R. Jordan > 4. M. Sinai > 5. Baharen Islands > 6. Persepolis > 7. Ecbatana > 8. Babylon > 9. Nineveh > 10. Cassimere > 11. Crimea > 12. Constantinople > 13. La-sa > > > > I’m going to try to attach the image, but I imagine it will get stripped > off by the listserv software. I will be more than happy to email it > off-list! > > > > Best regards, > > Karen > > > > *Karen D. Miller* > > Monographic Cataloger/Metadata Specialist > > Northwestern University Libraries > > Northwestern University > > 1970 Campus Drive > > Evanston, IL 60208 > > www.library.northwestern.edu > > [log in to unmask] > > 874.467.3462 > > > > >