Ortelius’ Map of Turkey, Egypt & Tunis Mapmaker(s)_Homann Heirs widely considered to be the

widely considered to be the most magnificent work of its kind ever published

OCLC 945751831

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an important trading port and now Algeria’s second city

Ortelius’ Map of Turkey, Egypt & Tunis Mapmaker(s)_Homann Heirs widely considered to be theNatoliae quae olim Asia Minor nova descriptio Aegypti recentior descriptio Carthaginis celeberrimi sinus typus Here on one sheet we have three maps: Anatolia or modern Turkey; Egypt; Tunis and ancient Carthage. An engraved historical note on the map of Carthage indicates that nearby Tunis, which is the focus of the map, was captured for Christendom by the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain Charles V in 1535. A version of the truth perhaps, as