Map of the Arabian Peninsula, here called Arabia Foelix. Details include topography, the major towns, including Mecca, Medina, Muscat (Mascate), Goa, Surat(te), etc, while the rivers and many islands in the Red Sea are imaginary. Nice cartouche surrounded by buildings and street scenes together with an apparent meeting in the foreground.

Pieter van der Aa (1659-1733) was a Dutch mapmaker and publisher who printed pirated editions of foreign bestsellers and illustrated books but is best known for his voluminous output of maps and atlases. Van der Aa was born to a German stonecutter from Holstein. Interestingly, all three van der Aa sons came to be involved in the printing business. Hildebrand was a copper engraver and Boudewyn was a printer.