Expeditionis Alexandri Magni Per Europam, Asiam et Africam.

Title

Expeditionis Alexandri Magni Per Europam, Asiam et Africam.

Description

Map depicts Asia minor with Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Hollyland, Syria, Kaukasia, Armenia, Arabia, Persia and Lybia.

dated 1654

Artist

Val, du (1618-1683)

Pierre Duval (1618–1683) was a French geographer. Pierre Duval was born in Abbeville. He was the nephew and pupil of the geographer Nicolas Sanson. Encouraged by Louis XIV to move to Paris, he later became Geographe Ordinaire du Roy.

Historical Description

Western Asia, is the westernmost subregion of Asia with the following countries: Egypt (Peninsula Sinai only), Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Palestinian territories (called West Bank and Gaza in the latter), Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, UAE, Turkey, Georgia, Cyprus and Yemen.The concept is in limited use, as it significantly overlaps with the Middle East (or the Near East), the main difference usually being the exclusion of the majority of Egypt (which would be counted as part of North Africa) and the inclusion of the Caucasus. As a geographic concept, Western Asia includes the Levant, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Iran, the Armenian Highlands, the South Caucasus, the Arabian peninsula as well as the Sinai Peninsula, making Egypt a transcontinental country.