The book of Cihannuma : a 365-year-old story / Katip Çelebi ; editör, Bülent Özükan.

Author
Kâtip Çelebi, 1609-1657 [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • İstanbul : Boyut Yayınları, [2013]
  • ©2013
Description
208 pages : color illustrations, maps (some color) ; 23 cm

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    Text includes background on: early mapmaking; the history of the Book of Cihannuma; the printer Ibrahim Müteferrika's influence on the development of Turkish printing (with an annotated bibliography of the 1st 17 books of his output and a bibliography of works about him, as well as his pivotal role as scholar/printer of this work; a background on the history of Ottoman geography and astronomy; and the complete text in miniature facsimile pages, accompanied by commentary from original and current scholars.
    Notes
    Includes reprints of original documents in Ottoman Turkish.
    Other title(s)
    Book of Cihannüma
    ISBN
    • 9789752310469
    • 975231046X
    LCCN
    2013324007
    OCLC
    931858151
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