EVB2931813: 1855 map clearly shows the political and cultural geography of the Middle East. The Ottoman and Persian Empires boundary lies to the east of Mesopotamia, present day Iraq; Arabia, in the desert before the discovery of oil, is south of the wealthier empires, Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images
EVB2931978: 1785 Japanese world map based on Jesuit missionary, Matteo Ricci's 1602 maps, and made during Japan's Age of National Isolation (1636-1854). Map shows continents and oceans of the world at about 1600 and is indicative of the effect of Japan's isolation from world events, Unknown Artist / Bridgeman Images