The institute has organized the exhibit to celebrate National Persian Gulf Day, which is April 30 this year, the institute announced in a press release on Thursday.
The collection consists of 50 maps dating back to various historical periods. The maps are in Latin, English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and several other languages.
One of the maps was drawn by Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594), a cartographer from Holy Roman Empire.
There is also a map drawn by Flemish cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598). Another major works of the collection prepared by Jodocus Hondius (1563–1612), a Flemish/Dutch engraver and cartographer.
Maps drawn by Ottoman cartographer Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674–1745), British cartographers John Thornton (1641-1708) and John William Norie (1772-1843), and French cartographers Guillaume Delisle (1675–1726) and Guillaume Nicolas Delahaye (1725-1802) are also seen in the collection.
Copies of the maps are offered at the exhibition, which runs until April 30 at the institute located at 30 Somayyeh St., near Shariati Ave.
The exhibition is scheduled to be transferred to the 26th Tehran International Book Fair, which will be held from May 1 to 11.
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