Sahab's Map of Tehran Mapmaker(s)_Petrus Schenk but despite a disastrous fire

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

engraved by James Bingley

but it is a typically handsome product of the press

After Innocent's death in 1700 Clement XI continued the project

Sahab's Map of Tehran Mapmaker(s)_Petrus Schenk but despite a disastrous fireThis 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