Middle East - Speed - 1627
Title: The Turkish Empire.
Place published / Year: London, 1627
Mapmaker / Publisher: John Speed.
Technique: Modern reproduction on laid paper, with descriptive text on the reverse and a fold in the middle (as the original was published).
Size (exc. margins): 39.5 x 51.2 cm.
Decorative map published by John Speed for his atlas: A prospect of the most famous parts of the world (published in London, 1627). Decorative map showing the Middle-east (as the Ottoman Empire) & parts of the Mediterranean sea. Decorative border with views of Famagusta, Damascus, Caïro, Rhodos, Alexandria & Ormus.
Size (exc. margins):
39.5 x 51.2 cm.
Technique:
Modern reproduction in black and white on laid paper (with fold in the middle).