| European Cartographers and the Ottoman World, 1500-1750: Maps from the Collection of O J Sopranos Contributor(s): Manners, Ian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1885923759 ISBN-13: 9781885923752 Publisher: Oriental Institute Press OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Turkey & Ottoman Empire - Technology & Engineering | Cartography - Technology & Engineering | History |
| Dewey: 912.56 |
| Series: Oriental Institute Museum Publications (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 9" W x 11.3" (1.85 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Turkey |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This lavishly illustrated catalogue of the exhibit European Cartographers and the Ottoman World, 1500-1750, explores how mapmakers sought to document a new geography of the Near East that reconciled classical ideas and theories with the information collected and brought back by travellers and voyagers. The text is accompanied by images of illuminated manuscript charts and atlases, the earliest printed maps of the Ottoman Empire, and bird's-eye views of cities that provided "arm-chair travellers" with the experience of knowing distant places. |