The Ottoman Empire by Nicolas Sanson. Sanson's map shows the powerful Ottoman Empire of the mid-seventeenth century, extending from Italy to the Straits of Hormuz. There is excellent detail from Italy to the Caspian Sea and the Arabian Peninsula. The...
The Turkish Empire in the 17th Century A very nice example of Jansson's rare map of the Turkish Empire, based upon Blaeu's map of a similar title. The map extends from Sicily and Italy in the West to the Black and Caspian Seas in the North and the...
Antique engraved map of the retreat of The Ten Thousand, published by Pierre Du Val in Paris around 1660. The Ten Thousand (Ancient Greek: οἱ Μύριοι, oi Myrioi) were a force of mercenary units, mainly Greeks, employed by Cyrus the Younger to...
Antique engraved map of the route from Constantinople to Amasya in Turkey, and from Smyrna to Bourse. The route shown is that of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Ambassador for Ferdinand I of Austria.
Rare map / birdseye view of Istanbul, from Jansson's monumental town book. Jansson's view is one of the finest and most sought-after views of Istanbul. Viewed from the village of Scutari, the City is shown with all its fortifications, the original...
Alexander the Great Carved Into Mount Athos Fascinatng allegorical image of Alexander the Great. The image shows at the lower right the pope, followed by a cleric holding the canopy, looking at a tablet on which is a drawing presented to him by a...
Detailed map of Istanbul, which appeared in Sigmund von Birken's Spiegel der Ehren des Höchstlöblichsten . . . published in Nuremberg in 1668. The work is a translation of a rare 16th Century book believed to have been authored by Johann Jakob...
Scarce view of Constantinople by Jacob Koppmayr, a leading publisher in Augsburg. Scarce panoramic view of the ancient Byzantine capital (Istanbul) viewed from across the Bosphorus from Scutari. A numbered key (1 to 29) at bottom identifies the...
Rare Coronelli map of the Bosphorus Straits, from his Atlante Veneto. A second example of the same region appears in the inset at the top left, based upon a Relation by Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsili, an Italian scholar and eminent natural scientist,...
Scarce map of the Turkish Coastline of the Black Sea, centered on Sinope, based upon an earlier map by Nicholas Sanson. Remarkable decorative carouche. The map has not been recorded in a dealer catalog in the past 25 years.
Scarce map of the Turkish Coastline of the Black Sea, centered on Sinope, based upon an earlier map by Nicholas Sanson. Remarkable decorative carouche.
Fine early view of Gallipoli, from an unknown source. A fine view from the harbor, with sailing vessels in the foreground and a profile of buildings and Minarets on the horizon.
A finely detailed example Mortier's edition o of Philipe de la Rue's map of Asia Minor also known as the Anatolian peninsula, or the Anatolian plateau, which makes up the majority of modern-day Turkey. The map is centered on Ascanius Lacus (Lake...
Fine example of an state of De L'Isle's map of the Turkish Empire and Arabian Peninsula, with De L'Isle's "Quai de l'Horlogie al Aigle d'Or" address, which was used only briefly after his move from Rue de Cannettes. Includes the Turkish Empire,...
![Bosphore de Thrace. Vue De Constantinople Due Cote Du Bosphore [with] Aqueduc De Constantinople [with] Colomne De Pompee](/map/small/64422.jpg)
Finely engraved and beautifully colored plate showing views of Constantinople, the aqueduct of Constantinople, and the Pompee Column. The map appeared in Chatelain's monumental Atlas Historique, published in Paris.
![[Views of Constantinople] Etat Abrege de la Maison du Grand Seigneur,](/map/small/64525.jpg)
Decorative views of Constaninople, from Chatelain's monumental Atlas Historique.
