Blaeu, Willem Janszoon 1571-1638 Blaeu, Joan 1596-1673 Jansson, Jan 1588-1664 printer, cartographic map cartographic image Early maps. ne Amsterdam] [Joan Blaeu] [1635?] 1635 monographic lat

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1 map ; 39 x 50 cm, on sheet 47 x 57 cm

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This Detailed map example of the Turkish Empire at its height including territories in Balkans, Anatolia, Levant, North Africa, Extends from Sicily and Italy in the West to the Black & Caspian Seas in the North and the Gulf of Aden, Red Sea and Saudi Arabia peninsula in the South and centered on Cyprus. Willem Janszoon started the map publishing business of the Blaeu family in Amsterdam in 1599. With the Mercator plates he acquired, he published Atlantis Appendix in 1630 and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum in 1635. After his death, his son Joan Blaeu (1596 - 1673) published the Atlas Major which they have been working on. This Atlas is considered the most magnificent work of its kind. No Known Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/NKC/1.0/ No Known Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/NKC/1.0/ Relief shown pictorially. Bar scales given in "milliaria Germanica communia." Note in lower left hand corner indicates it was printed by Jan Jansson Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00033 Print Map Item-ID: i11401370 BIB-ID: 1787640 a-tu--- Scale [ca. 1:11,000,000] (E 10°0ʹ0ʺ--E 60°0ʹ0ʺ/N 46°0ʹ0ʺ--N 8°0ʹ0ʺ). Turkey Maps Early works to 1800 Turkey History Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 Maps Early works to 1800 Balkan Peninsula Maps Early works to 1800 Middle East Maps Early works to 1800 Arabian Peninsula Maps Early works to 1800 G7431.S4 1635 B4 NEW aacr QAFCL 150111 20150111122544.0 ocm00000NEW Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.5 using MARC21slim2MODS3-5.xsl (Revision 1.111 2016/3/24) eng