This is Ortelius uncommon first map of the Turkish Empire only used from 1570 until 1579. This is the best known of all the sixteenth-century maps of the Middle East, extending from Greece to Arabia and covering the Cradle of Civilization region. The Red Sea (Mare de Mecca) is shown relatively accur ...
See Tibbets, no. 50, who attributes the map to Hulsius., Verso has text in Latin about Turkey, Main Heritage Compact General, HC.MAP.00006, Print Map, Item-ID: i11401321, BIB-ID: 1172475
Relief shown pictorially., Appears in: Atlas minor, sive totius orbis terrarum ..., Main Heritage Compact General, HC.MAP.00145, Print Map, Item-ID: i17066177, BIB-ID: 1525283
Relief shown pictorially., Locations on map identified in Arabic., "Nomina Locorum Arabica latinus caracteribus expressa et numerus familia rum christianorum sancti Johannis"--in lower right corner of map., Includes numbered index., From: Relations de divers voyages curieux : qui n'ont point este' p ...
