Kâtip Çelebi, 1609-1657,

The book of Cihannuma : a 365-year-old story / Katip Çelebi ; editör, Bülent Özükan. - 208 pages : illustrations (color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm

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.


English with documents in Ottoman.

9789752310469 (hardback)

2013324007


Geography--Early works to 1800.
World maps--Early works to 1800.
Cartography--Early works to 1800.
Celestial sphere--Early works to 1800.
Spherical astronomy--Early works to 1800.
Cosmography--Early works to 1800.


Turkey--Geography--Early works to 1800.
Turkey--Maps--Early works to 1800.

G114 / K38