A glimpse of 2,300 years of History with some iconic travels on what is now Pakistan...
What is now Pakistan has been an incredible crossroad throughout History and we need a map to realise it!
It’s not a simple world map: instead, you’ll find on it several iconic journeys made by conquerors, invaders, diplomats, pilgrims and more…
From West to East, North to South, from the tall, white mountains of the Karakoam to the arid coast of the Arabian Sea, this map features in detail the itineraries and stories of some fascinating characters.
First, there is Alexander the Great and some of the 70 cities he founded on his travels, as well as his battles but also the 7th century chinese monk Xuangzong on his way to Nalanda from China, the 14th century moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta who stayed as a Qazi at the Tughlaq Court and escaped death many times, the founder of the Mughal dynasty, Babur, hailing from Central Asia, the Persian king Nadir Shah who famously travelled to Delhi and looted the city, Alexander Burnes, a 19th century british explorer and diplomat sent to meet the king of Punjab, survey the Indus and explore Bukhara, the 19th geographer and officer Francis Younghusband, a key player of the Great Game and finally, Jinnah, Pakistan’s Founding father, who flew to Karachi to serve as the young nation’s first Governor-General.
The map features traditional embroidery patterns from Balochistan and Afghanistan, echoing the centuries of nomadic tradition, handicraft and artistic expression shaped by the intense exchanges across the region.
A glimpse of 2,300 years of History with some iconic travels on what is now Pakistan...
What is now Pakistan has been an incredible crossroad throughout History and we need a map to realise it!
It’s not a simple world map: instead, you’ll find on it several iconic journeys made by conquerors, invaders, diplomats, pilgrims and more…
From West to East, North to South, from the tall, white mountains of the Karakoam to the arid coast of the Arabian Sea, this map features in detail the itineraries and stories of some fascinating characters.
First, there is Alexander the Great and some of the 70 cities he founded on his travels, as well as his battles but also the 7th century chinese monk Xuangzong on his way to Nalanda from China, the 14th century moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta who stayed as a Qazi at the Tughlaq Court and escaped death many times, the founder of the Mughal dynasty, Babur, hailing from Central Asia, the Persian king Nadir Shah who famously travelled to Delhi and looted the city, Alexander Burnes, a 19th century british explorer and diplomat sent to meet the king of Punjab, survey the Indus and explore Bukhara, the 19th geographer and officer Francis Younghusband, a key player of the Great Game and finally, Jinnah, Pakistan’s Founding father, who flew to Karachi to serve as the young nation’s first Governor-General.
The map features traditional embroidery patterns from Balochistan and Afghanistan, echoing the centuries of nomadic tradition, handicraft and artistic expression shaped by the intense exchanges across the region.
