Collection Items
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MapMap of the Turkish Empire.
Turcici Imperii Imago This map shows the Ottoman Empire as it appeared in the early 17th century. It details Ottoman territories in Asia, Africa, and Europe, and includes Persia, Transcaucasia, Ethiopia, and other surrounding lands. Topographic features, place-names, and populations are definitively marked, although the nomenclature of the time differs markedly from that used today. The Red Sea is termed the Sea of Mecca, for example, and...- Contributor: Mercator, Gerhard - Hondius, Jodocus
- Date: 1600-01-01
- Resource: - 2 pages
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MapLands of the Emperor of the Turks or the Ottoman Sultan in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Estats de l'empire du Grand Seigneur des Turqs ou Sultan des Ottomans en Asie, en Afrique, et en Europe This map shows the Ottoman Empire as it was conceived in Europe in the last quarter of the 17th century. It is a reprint, dated 1679, of an earlier edition possibly included in a series of world atlases published by Nicolas Sanson (1600-1667) in the middle of the century. The map shows geological features, such as rivers, deserts, and mountain ranges. Cities and towns...- Contributor: Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1679-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapPersia, or the Safavid Kingdom.
Persia sive Sophorum Regnum This decorative and detailed map of Persia is by Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638), a Dutch cartographer, globe maker, and publisher. Blaeu trained with the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe and began producing maps and charts in the early years of the 17th century. In 1633 he became the official cartographer for the Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC--Dutch East India Company). Blaeu is best known for his...- Contributor: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
- Date: 1635-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapNew Persia, Armenia, Anatolia and Arabia.
Nova Persiæ, Armeniæ, Natoliæ, et Arabiæ This highly decorative map of the Middle East is by the Dutch engraver, publisher, and map seller Frederick de Wit (1629 or 1630-1706). It was published in Amsterdam in about 1666. The map covers the regions from present-day Turkey and Egypt to Afghanistan and the Arabian Peninsula, the Red Sea, the Nile River, Cyprus, Asia Minor, the Gulf of Aden, Armenia, the Caspian Sea,...- Contributor: Wit, Frederik De - Sanson, Nicolas
- Date: 1666-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapTurkish Empire.
Tvrcicvm imperivm This detailed map of the Turkish Empire at the height of its powers was produced in Amsterdam by Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638) in about 1635, when the Ottoman territories included the Balkans, Anatolia, the Levant, and parts of Hungary, Ukraine, North Africa and Arabia. The map centers on the eastern Mediterranean (marked Mare Syriacum, or Syrian Sea) and northern Arabia, and it extends from...- Contributor: Blaeu, Joan - Blaeu, Willem Janszoon
- Date: 1635-01-01
- Resource: - 2 pages