Maps Gallery

Madaba Mosaic Map, 6th century AD, detail showing Jerusalem, Madaba, Jordan

Madaba Mosaic Map, 6th century AD, detail showing Jerusalem, Madaba, Jordan, Middle East "The mosaic represents the biblical land from Egypt to Lebanon including Sinai, Israel, Palestine and Transjordan. The Madaba Mosaic Map is on the floor of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George, built in 1896 over the remains of a Byzantine church"

© Chris Rennie

Map of Saudi Arabia with Flag

The map shows Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a desert country in southwestern Asia (Middle East) that occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula.
The kingdom is bounded by the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea in the west and the Persian Gulf in the east. Border countries are Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Saudi Arabia shares maritime boundaries with Bahrain, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, and Sudan.
The country is the largest Arab state with a land area of more than two million km?; compared, the sheikdom is about four times the size of France, or somewhat larger than one quarter the size of the contiguous United States

Three printed coloured maps

Three printed coloured maps: Fairburn's New Chart Exhibiting the Route of General Buonaparte in the Mediterranean Sea; with the Countries through which the French Army must pass, viz Egypt and the Red Sea; or the Gulf of Persia, & to Mangalore in the Territory of Tippoo Sahib, in the East Indies. To which is annexed A Particular Plan of the Island and Harbour of Malna. Published 13 Aug 1798. Associated with the Wars of the French Revolution, Egypt (1799-1801). Date: 1798

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library