Old color example of Ortelius' map of the Middle East, from Egypt to modern-day Iraq, prominently featuring the Arabian Peninsula, and extending... Show moreOld color example of Ortelius' map of the Middle East, from Egypt to modern-day Iraq, prominently featuring the Arabian Peninsula, and extending north of the Mediterranean from Turkey across Greece to Italy. Extracted from map of Asia in 1567 edition of Ortelius previous map, but this map with more detail based on Ortelius own map of Asia, which was in turn derived from Giacomo Gastaldis Il Disegno della Seconda Parte dellAsia (1561), for the Arabian detail. A description of the Ormus region is given in a blank space in Persia. Considered to be far superior to all previous maps of Asia, as it was informed by the published travels of Marco Polo, which appeared in Ramusios Navigationi et Viaggi (1550-59). Ortelius map features the Arabian Peninsula prominently and shows lands surrounding the eastern Mediterranean, with Italy in the northwest, southward to the east coast of Africa. The coastlines are fairly accurate, but the interiors are less defined and many of the rivers, lakes and mountain ranges bear mythological names from antiquity. The seas are richly embellished with sailing ships, with a great monster in the Black Sea. Latin text on verso, Abraham Ortelius map of the Middle East, Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean is the best known of all the 16th-century maps of the Ottoman Empire. Relief shown pictorially. Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00059 Print Map Item-ID: i11401424 BIB-ID: 1789994 Show less
Captions in French on verso: Natolie, ov Petite Asie ; Egypte ; Le port de Carthage, ov Thvnis. Relief shown pictorially. North oriented to left. Main... Show moreCaptions in French on verso: Natolie, ov Petite Asie ; Egypte ; Le port de Carthage, ov Thvnis. Relief shown pictorially. North oriented to left. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00933 Print Map Item-ID: i11402465 BIB-ID: 1172589 Show less
[Hrsg.:] [Abraham Ortelius]. Relief shown pictorially Scale in graph. Form. A decorative boldly engraved map from a Latin text edition of the Theatrum... Show more[Hrsg.:] [Abraham Ortelius]. Relief shown pictorially Scale in graph. Form. A decorative boldly engraved map from a Latin text edition of the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, renowned as the first world atlas. This map appeared in all editions of the atlas, from 1570-1612. A map rich in place names, obviously based on Italian sources as they were frequent travellers to this part of the world. An interesting error is the depiction of the Caspian Sea as linger and narrower than in reality, while the number of big rivers flowing into the Persian Gulf and Caspian is exaggerated. Scale: Scala leucerum sive Farsangarum 3000, ......... 180 [low l. h.] Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00282 Print Map Item-ID: i11400705 BIB-ID: 1172413 Show less
Old color example of Ortelius' map of the Middle East, from Egypt to modern-day Iraq, prominently featuring the Arabian Peninsula, and extending... Show moreOld color example of Ortelius' map of the Middle East, from Egypt to modern-day Iraq, prominently featuring the Arabian Peninsula, and extending north of the Mediterranean from Turkey across Greece to Italy. Extracted from map of Asia in 1567 edition of Ortelius previous map, but this map with more detail based on Ortelius own map of Asia, which was in turn derived from Giacomo Gastaldis Il Disegno della Seconda Parte dellAsia (1561), for the Arabian detail. A description of the Ormus region is given in a blank space in Persia. Considered to be far superior to all previous maps of Asia, as it was informed by the published travels of Marco Polo, which appeared in Ramusios Navigationi et Viaggi (1550-59). Ortelius map features the Arabian Peninsula prominently and shows lands surrounding the eastern Mediterranean, with Italy in the northwest, southward to the east coast of Africa. The coastlines are fairly accurate, but the interiors are less defined and many of the rivers, lakes and mountain ranges bear mythological names from antiquity. The seas are richly embellished with sailing ships, with a great monster in the Black Sea. Latin text on verso, Abraham Ortelius map of the Middle East, Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean is the best known of all the 16th-century maps of the Ottoman Empire. Relief shown pictorially. Main Heritage Display General HC.MAP.00059 Print Map Item-ID: i11401424 BIB-ID: 1789994 Show less
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... Show moreThis 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 accurately whereas the Persian Gulf (Mare Elcatif) is misshapen due to the exaggerated Arabian shoreline. The map includes Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece. Based upon Gastaldi's wall map of Asia from 1567. Large and decorative title cartouche, extracted from the 1579 Latin edition of Ortelius famous Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas of the world. Relief shown pictorially. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00078 Print Map Item-ID: i11403469 BIB-ID: 1822132 Abraham Ortelius (Antwerp 1527-1598) was a Flemish cartographer and geographer, generally recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World) which was published in forty-two editions in seven languages from 1570 to 1612. He is also believed to be the first person to imagine that the continents were joined together before drifting to their present positions. He came to be recognized by his contemporaries as the "Ptolemy of the 16th century". Show less
Relief shown pictorially. At head of title: Africam Graeci Libyam app. "Cum priuilegio." Appears in Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum. 1570. Watermark... Show moreRelief shown pictorially. At head of title: Africam Graeci Libyam app. "Cum priuilegio." Appears in Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum. 1570. Watermark: 2 crossed arrows. Includes col. ill. of fish, ships, etc. Title on verso: Africa. Pg. no. on verso: 4. From: 1598 French text edition of Ortelius' Theatrum. Tooley wrote: of the Thetrum. This was the standard map of Africa for the rest of the sixteenth century; Koeman (History of Abraham Ortelius, p.57) speculated that much of the information for the interior was passed by word of mouth by natives to Arabs and Europeans. This hear say information was not to be proven or disapproved until the ninteenth century. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00399 Print Map Item-ID: i11401114 BIB-ID: 1172454 Show less
Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Flemish cartographer and central figure at the pinnacle of Dutch cartographic science during the Age of... Show moreAbraham Ortelius (1527-1598) was a Flemish cartographer and central figure at the pinnacle of Dutch cartographic science during the Age of Discovery. He was famously the first to publish a printed collection of maps with the title of atlas. A very colorful map with a lot of detail and great deal of text depicting the land of Tartary which was the medieval name for north and central Asia from the Caspian Sea to the Pacifica Ocean. This is one of the earliest maps to show the Bering Strait between Asia and America (here given as the "Stretto di Anian") Relief shown pictorially and with hachures A map of Tartary, and some parts of China, America and Europe. Japan is also marked. There are descriptive texts on the map. Continet hec tabula dem Tartariam, cum religua Asie Orientasions ... [decorat. cart. low. l. h.]. Decorated margins. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00485 Print Map Item-ID: i11401722 BIB-ID: 1172515 Show less