Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)



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Early Modern maps

European Cartographers and the Ottoman World, 1500--1750



Ottoman World  Oxbow Books 
Cartography Oxbow Books

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The Ottoman Empire and the world around it Suraiya Faroqhi

Latin America in Turkish !Qué interesante!

Francisco López de Gómara. [Historia de las Indias. Turkish] [Tarih-i Hind-i garbi]. (Constantinople: Ibrahim Müteferrika, 1730). 

from : The John Carter Brown Library,  On line exhibition:    Islamic encounters

more : A Landmark Turkish Atlas William Faden. Mahmud Raif Efendi. [Cedid atlas tercümesi / Tab'hane-yi Hmayunda (Istanbul, Turkey)]. [Istanbul] : 1804.