Ortelius’ Map of Turkey, Egypt & Tunis Mapmaker(s)_Homann Heirs

Ortelius’ Map of Turkey, Egypt & Tunis Mapmaker(s)_Homann HeirsNatoliae quae olim Asia Minor nova descriptio Aegypti recentior descriptio Carthaginis celeberrimi sinus typus Here on one sheet we have three maps: Anatolia or modern Turkey; Egypt; Tunis and ancient Carthage. An engraved historical note on the map of Carthage indicates that nearby Tunis, which is the focus of the map, was captured for Christendom by the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain Charles V in 1535. A version of the truth perhaps, as

an important trading port and now Algeria’s second city

Together with a history of those momentous transactions compiled from official and other authentic documents

after Guillaume de l’Isle

OCLC 945751831

nec non ditionum Haschid u Bekîl

the British Museum

Baron Ashley of Winborne St

Blaeu’s townbook of Savoy and Piedmont was first published by the Blaeu heirs in 1682

widely considered to be the most magnificent work of its kind ever published

Spreading out across the continent they are stinging the crazed

dissected into 21 panels (including extension to include the tip of Cornwall)

with advertisements for Cheffins’ lithographic printing office and other maps by the same publisher on the pastedown and panel facing the pastedown