A VINTAGE ORIGINAL MAP OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE BORDERS INCLUDING THE ARABIA PENINSULA AND NORTH AFRICA, IN BLACK INK ON PAPER, BY ABRAHAM ORTELIUS, 1570

Reference: ART4001160

An engraved map in black and white. It is part of A. Ortelius’s atlas Teatrum Orbis Terarum, Antwerp. Describing the Ottoman empire during that period and all the lands under the empire. Made by Abraham Ortelius a Brabantian cartographer, geographer, and cosmographer, conventionally recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World). Born 14 April 1527 – Died 28 June 1598 51.5 by 39.5 cm.