Keywords: 1730 Seutter Map of Turkey (Ottoman Empire), Persia and Arabia - Geographicus - MagniTurcarum-seutter-1740.jpg A spectacular c 1730 map of the Ottoman Empire including Greece Turkey Persia Egypt and Arabia by the important Augsburg map publisher Gerog Matthaus Seutter Depicts from Italy eastward to the Caspian Sea which is depicted in its entirety Includes Crimea and the Caucuses Georgia Circassia and Armenia Extends south to include all of Arabia and the northern tip of the Horn of Africa Generally accurate with a few cartographic anomalies The Dead Sea is over-large and misshapen A large and nonexistent lake appears just west of the Nile Delta In the lower left hand quadrant there is a large decorative title cartouche attributed to the Augsburg silversmith Abraham Drentwet Depicts the ottoman Emperor gloriously robed with and enthroned On the ground before him two men bow and offer hum treasures The images on the right of the title offer a more allegorical references and include an European holding a globe a lion the Rod of Asclepius a Medusa head shield and s spear Angels with trumpets look on from above A map key appears in the lower right quadrant Cartographically similar to Visscher's 1690 map of the same area This is a rather unusual state of the map and one of the few examples wherein S G Maj Geogr Aug follows Seutter's name in the title cartouche The only comparable example we have found is in the British Museum circa 1730 undated Size in 23 20 object history credit line accession number MagniTurcarum-seutter-1740 <i>Atlas Novus Matthaeso Seutter </i> 1730 Geographicus-source PD-art-100 Maps by Seutter Ottomanenreich 1730 maps Seutter Ottomanenreich Maps in Latin Seutter Ottomanenreich Old maps of the Middle East 1730 Seutter Ottomanenreich Old maps of Greece 1730 Seutter Ottomanenreich Old maps of the Caucasus 1730 Seutter Ottomanenreich Old maps of the Ottoman Empire 1730 Seutter Old maps showing the whole Near East 1730 Seutter Ottomanenreich Turcomania Arabia Petra Egypt الحوراء Tabuc Maps of Sinai Old maps of Egypt Madian Lariffa Maps of Midian |