Turcici Imperii Imago
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| Title | Turcici Imperii Imago |
| Name | Hondius, Hendrik, 1597-1651 |
| Type of Resource | cartographic |
| Publisher Location | [Amsterodami] |
| Date | [1630] |
| Language | lat |
| Form | map |
| Note | 1 map : colour ; 37 x 49 cm, on sheet 42 x 54 cm. Hand coloured. Paper has discoloured. Previously affixed to cardboard and darkened glue remains on all of verso surface. Text still clearly visible. Relief shown pictorially. |
| Note | Printed map. From: Gerardi Mercatoris Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura, Editio Decima, published Amsterdam, 1630. The cartouche features a portrait with text, "Sultan Mahumet Turcorum Imperat." Two visual scales [53 mm=90 German miles approximately]. Described in Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. II, entry Me 29A, pp. 339-343. Latin text on verso under heading, "Turcicum Imperivm" on [page] "358"; [page] "359" has heading, "Turcarum Imperium". Donated by Don Measner, May 2003. |
| Subject Geographic | Middle East |
| Geographic coverage | Asia--Middle East |
| Identifier | RMC_107099 |