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Cartographer: Claudius Ptolemy
Title: : Prima Asiae Tabvla
Date: 1490 Size: 21 x 12 inches
Published: Rome
Description: A Ptolemaic map of the Anatolian peninsula, the Aegean islands and Cyprus. A black and white copper engraving taken from the Rome edition.
Map Ref: TKY806

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Cartographer: Hartmann Schedel
Title: : Nicea Urbs
Date: 1493 Size: 9 x 15 inches
Published: Nuremberg
Description: Incunable bird's-eye view of the historically important city of Nicea (modern-day İznik). Published in the Nuremberg chronicle, one of the most important books printed in Europe before 1500.
Map Ref: TKY929

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Cartographer: Claudius Ptolemy
Title: : Tabula Prima Asiae [Asia Minor]
Date: 1541 Size: 18 x 13 inches
Published: Vienne
Description: Ptolemaic woodcut map of Anatolia, Turkey, from the 1541 edition of Ptolemy's "Geographia" with maps by Laurent Fries and published by Gaspar Treschel.
Map Ref: TKY581

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Cartographer: Sebastian Munster
Title: : De Terris Asiae Minoris
Date: 1558 Size: 7 x 11 inches
Published: Basel
Description: Turkey, an early woodcut map of the country taken from the seminal 16th century work, 'Cosmographia'.
Map Ref: TKY883

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Cartographer: Samuel Purchas
Title: : Natolia
Date: 1625 Size: 8 x 5 inches
Published: London
Description: Early map of Turkey, specifically Anatolia. Coloured.
Map Ref: TKY904

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Cartographer: Olfert Dapper
Title: : Natolia quae olim Asia Minor
Date: 1681 Size: 14 x 11 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: This map shows Anatolia and Cyprus at the height of Ottoman rule. A large illustrated cartouche is present on the lower left and Aphrodite is being drawn on her chariot made out of conch shell below Cyprus.
Map Ref: TKY911

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Cartographer: Giovanni Giacomo Rossi
Title: : Natolia
Date: 1686 Size: 21 x 15 inches
Published: Rome
Description: Anatolia (Turkey) and Cyprus. Handsomely engraved map with a grand title banner along the upper edge. The map's geography is extremely crude, though attractive. Coloured.
Map Ref: TKY678

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Cartographer: Nicolas & Guillaume Sanson
Title: : Anatolie
Date: 1692 Size: 10 x 7 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Anatolia (Asia Minor), Cyprus, and the Aegean Islands. Coloured.
Map Ref: TKY917

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Cartographer: Nicolas & Guillaume Sanson
Title: : Tvrqvie en Asie
Date: 1692 Size: 10 x 8 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Attractive copper-engraved map showing the extent of the Ottoman Empire. Covering modern day Turkey, Syria, the Levant and Caucasus. Coloured.
Map Ref: TKY872

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Cartographer: Vincenzo Coronelli
Title: : Isola del Tenedos
Date: 1696 Size: 11 x 15 inches
Published: Venice
Description: Copper-engraved map of the island of Tenedos in the Aegean Sea surrounded by a large page of descriptive text. Published in Coronelli's "Isolario", or Book of Islands.
Map Ref: TKY831

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Cartographer: Nicolas & Guillaume Sanson
Title: : Anaplus Bospori Thracii a Domino de Combes
Date: 1711 Size: 17 x 14 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Rare map of the Bosphorous, compiled by the Italian Benedictine scholar Anselmo Banduri.
Map Ref: TKY891

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Cartographer: Herman Moll
Title: : Asia Minor with Armenia, Assyria, Chaldea, Mesopotamia and Georgia.
Date: 1723 Size: 8 x 12 inches
Published: London
Description: Asia Minor with Armenia, Assyria, Chaldea, Mesopotamia and Georgia. Panel of text on upper half. Coloured.
Map Ref: TKY813

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Cartographer: Herman Moll
Title: : Asia Minor
Date: 1745 Size: 15 x 10 inches
Published: London
Description: Anatolian Turkey, also known as Asia Minor, as well as Cyprus and the Aegean Sea islands. Cities are marked in red. Coloured.
Map Ref: TKY803

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Cartographer: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
Title: : Carte du Golphe D'Alexandrette
Date: 1750 Size: 7 x 9 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Gulf of Alexandrette. Chart of the town and gulf with original colour.
Map Ref: TKY781

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Cartographer: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
Title: : Plan De La Ville Et Chateau De Gallipoli
Date: 1764 Size: 7 x 9 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Gallipoli. Plan of the town and its fortifications. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: TKY692

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Cartographer: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
Title: : Carte De La Mer Noire - Carte Du Canal De La Mer Noire
Date: 1764 Size: 7 x 9 inches
Published: Paris
Description: French chart of the Black Sea above a more detailed inset of Istanbul and the Bosphorus. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: TKY639

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