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MapCedid atlas tercümesi Relief shown pictorially. In Ottoman Turkish. Maps based on William Faden's plates for his General atlas. Introductory text: Ucaletü'l-coğrafiyye / Mahmud Rai̇f. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Each map mounted on cloth. Black circle stamped on verso of each leaf. Decorative stamping and pencil or ink annotations in arabic or latin script on verso of some...
- Contributor: Tab'hane-Yi Hümayun (Istanbul, Turkey) - Faden, William - Mahmud Raif Efendi
- Date: 1803-01-01
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MapKemâliyle nakş olunmuş cümle cihan numûnesi "This 1795 impression of a woodcut based on Oronce Fine's 1534 heart-shaped map of the world is attributed to a cartographer from Tunis named Hajji Ahmad. At first glance, the map's accompanying Ottoman Turkish text appears to be a captivating, first-person account of Hajji Ahmad's remarkable odyssey across the Mediterranean. Upon closer inspection, cartography scholars have questioned the map's authenticity and authorship. The text...
- Contributor: Fine, Oronce - Hâcı Ahmed
- Date: 1795-01-01