Tvrcici imperii descriptio
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The Leonard and Juliet Rothman Holy Lands Map Collection
Images from the Leonard and Juliet Rothman Holy Lands Map Collection, a collection of 956 maps, atlases, and books of the Holy Lands from the 16th to the 20th century published primarily in Europe and the United States.
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- 485 digital items
- Physical collection
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Creators/Contributors
- Author/Creator
- Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598 cartographer, publisher.
Subjects
- Subjects
- Christianity > Turkey > Maps > Early works to 1800.
- Christianity > Palestine > Maps > Early works to 1800.
- Christianity > Middle East > Maps > Early works to 1800.
- Turkey > Maps > Early works to 1800.
- Palestine > Maps > Early works to 1800.
- Middle East > Maps > Early works to 1800.
- Genre
- Maps
- Early maps.
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 1570
- Map data
- Scale not determined (E 5°58'00"--E 62°34'00"/N 48°09'00"--N 8°19'00").
- In decimal degrees: (E 006.0--E 062.6/N 048.2--N 008.3).
- Note
- Relief shown pictorially.
- Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.
- Bar scale note on map: "Scala milliarium germanica italica".
- Shows topography, drainage, travel routes, places of historical interest.
- Descriptive text below map: Il Turco abbraccia co'l fuo imperio grandissimi membri...
- At head of title: Libro quarto. Gran Turco. 173.
- Related items
- Appears in Ortelius's Theatrum orbis terrarum. Antwerp, 1574.
- Related Work
- Ortelius, Abraham, 1527-1598. Theatrum orbis terrarum
