This Detailed map example of the Turkish Empire at its height including territories in Balkans, Anatolia, Levant, North Africa, Extends from Sicily... Show moreThis 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. 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 Show less
Relief shown pictorially. A 1662 Latin map of Arabia, a copy of an earlier map by Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638). Original copy is hand-colored... Show moreRelief shown pictorially. A 1662 Latin map of Arabia, a copy of an earlier map by Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638). Original copy is hand-colored double-page engraved map with large pictorial cartouche depecting figures, camels, and ships. One of the first maps to show internal features of the Arabian Peninsula. Mountains are depicted, oases denoted by trees, and points used to indicate pearl deposits in the Arabian Gulf. Dotted lines to show international borders. The Red Sea is denoted by three Latin names: Mare Rubrum, Mare Mecca, and Sinus Arabicus (Arabian Gulf) ; Sinus Persicus, and Mare Elcatif (al-Qatif Sea) for the Persian Gulf. LC copy imperfect: Annotated in pencil "From Bleau. Geographia quae est Cosmographia Blaviana, Amsterdam, 1662?" Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.01042 Print Map Item-ID: i11402854 BIB-ID: 1172628 Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General PR6013.R2737 W5 1937 Book Item-ID: i10243070 BIB-ID: 1025943 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General PR6013.R2737 W5 1937 Book Item-ID: i10243070 BIB-ID: 1025943 Show less
