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TUR102 - THOMAS, COWPERTHWAIT “Map of Turkey in Europe together with the Ionian Islands”. Phila. 1850. 12X9½. Colorful map shows the Balkans, Walachia, Greece, Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea and Candia. Includes shipping route from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea. 

TUR105 - R. BONNE “Partie Meridionale De la Turquie D'Europe” Paris. 1781. Colored. 9X12½. This fine map shows Turkey in Europe bordering the Greek Archipelago & the Aegean Sea with all the Greek Islands and the city of Athens on Greece's eastern coast. Includes Macedonia & Rumania, the city of Constantinople, the Sea of Marmara & the Black Sea. Locates Smyrna on Turkey's western coast along with Gallipoli and the Dardanelles. The islands of Rhodes, Scapanto and Crete are located in the Mediterraneanean Sea. From “Atlas Portatif” by Abbe Grenet.(779-1781.) A very detailed map.

TUR106 - R. BONNE “Carte Moderne De La Majeure Partie De La Turquie D'Asie, avec les Pays Circonvoisins Par M. Bonne, Ingenieur-Hydrographe de la Marine.” Paris. Sept. 1781. Colored. 13X8½. The focus of this detailed map is on Turkey in Asia, showing the Black Sea, the Crimea & the Sea of Azov and the provinces of Garamanie, Roum, Armenie, Aderbijan, Curdistan, Irac-Ajemi, Irac-Arabi, Gezira & Persia. Includes the Arabian Desert, Syria, Palestine, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. This fine map shows the regions & boundaries as they were known to 18th century cartographers. From “Atlas Portatif” by the Abbe Grenet. (1779-1781.)

TUR109 - J. LATTRE “Turquie d'Europe et Partie de Celle d'Asie Divisee par G. de Gouvernements.” Paris. 1783. Colored. 7¼X10. Finely drawn and engraved map of the region in Europe located between the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara, the Aegean Sea, the Gulf of Venice & the Mediterranean Sea. The region is comprised of Turkey, Bulgaria, Roumania, Greece, Bosnia, Jugoslavia and the coast of Dalmatia. The map has a Table down the right side listing the countries and capital cities & their latitudes. Includes the islands of Crete and Cyprus (Candie and Chipre). Engraved by Jean Lattre (d.1782) Chief Engraver to King Louis XVI in Paris & published in “Petit Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes Elementaire.” The title in lower left is in a decorative cartouche ornamented with scrolls, leaves & flowers.

TUR110 - J. TALLIS “Turkey in Asia” London. c.1850. Colored. 10X13. Very decorative map of Turkey in Asia with colorful vignettes of Jerusalem, “The Castles of Europe & Asia”, an Ostrich-like bird & a group of people in native dress talking together with a monument in the background. The map shows the Black Sea, Constantinople & the Sea of Marmara. Includes the Aegean sea-coast, with islands, & Cyrpus in the eastern Mediterranean with the coast of Syria & Palestine. Inland includes Algezira & part of Iraq & Arabia. The map has a decorative border frame designed with scrolls and leaves. Published in “The Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World, Geographical, Political, Commercial & Statistical” by John Tallis in 1850.

TUR113 - LONDON MAGAZINE “A Correct Plan of Constantinople With It's Adjacent Country. From An Actual Survey.” London 1770. Colored. 6½X9½. Attractive map of the City and Harbor of Constantinople in the late 18th century. Depicts the Bosphorus Channel leading to the Black Sea. The Sea of Marmara is at the base of the map & the City is criss-crossed with streets. Includes the Great Seraglio situated across the water from Scutaria & the lighthouse at the entrance to the Channel. The title in top center is surrounded by decorative leaf & scroll motifs & a compass rose is positioned strategically next to the title. The map was published in 1770 in the London Magazine, and sold by Richard Baldwin at his shop “at the Rose in Paternoster Row”, a street in London made famous for housing printers, engravers, cartographers and publishers in 18th century London.

TUR114 - JOHN LODGE “A Plan of Constantinople. Places Adjacent and Canal of the Black Sea. Engraved for the Gents. Mag. Dec.1770.”: London 1770 Colored. 7X9½Very attractive detailed map of the City and Harbor of Constantinople in the late 18th century. Includes a detailed reference table of over 100 important places on the map including churches, palaces, commercial & government buildings, gardens, monasteries, & country estates. /Depicts the Channel leading to the Black Sea. Locates the Sea of Mormara or the White Sea & 6 offshore islands. The title in lower right is in a decorative cartouche ornamented with armorial motifs such as swords, spears, banners, & scrolls. The map was engraved by John Lodge (fl.1755-1796) at 45 Shoe Lane, London & published in the Gentleman's Magazine in 1770. (Note, the map was printed with East at the top, a technique sometimes used by mapmakers in the earlier centuries. See the small compass rose on the map)

TUR115 - G. MILLAR “A General Perspective View of Constantinople, the Capital of the Turkish Empire.” London. 1782. Colored. 8½X10½. This fine view of the City and Harbor of Constantinople shows many sailing vessels in the Harbor & all the tall buildings on both sides of the waterfront. These buildings are comprised of churches, palaces, commercial buildings, forts, an arsenal & warehouses. Includes a number of people either walking or standing around talking, some with dogs while others are just observing the scene. The view was engraved & published under the direction of George Millar for his “New & Complete System of Geography” in 1782.

TUR116 - A. ORTELIUS “Natoliae Quae Olim Asia Minor Nova Descriptio.” Antwerp 1612. Colored. 13X9. Finely drawn very early map of Turkey with east at the top of the map sheet locates the islands of Crete & Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea. Depicts the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara & Constantinople & the Black Sea. Includes hundreds of place names with towns indicated by tiny drawings of castles & churches. & shows rivers & many offshore islands. This is a beautiful early map in very good condition , published in Abraham Ortelius’s “Theatrim Orbis Teatrum” in 1612. On the back is the text for this map plus two others, as this one was printed on a large sheet with the other two. It was issued as a vertical map with east at the top to fit the copper plate.

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