Ortelius’ Map of Turkey, Egypt & Tunis Mapmaker(s)_Homann Heirs Baron Ashley of Winborne St

Baron Ashley of Winborne St

after Guillaume de l’Isle

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

with advertisements for Cheffins’ lithographic printing office and other maps by the same publisher on the pastedown and panel facing the pastedown

Ortelius’ Map of Turkey, Egypt & Tunis Mapmaker(s)_Homann Heirs Baron Ashley of Winborne StNatoliae 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