1604 Ortelius Map of Turkey Ottoman Empire

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Mar 262011
 

1604 Abraham Ortelius Map of Turkey Ottoman Empire – Turcicum Imperium.

This Abraham Ortelius antique map is from the Aresenius engraving of 1601 and issued by Jan Keebergen in his ‘Ausszug…Abrahami Ortely theatro’ in 1604. This Abraham Ortelius map of the great Turkish Ottoman Empire stretches from the borders of Hungary in the north west to the eastern edges of Arabia and Persia in the east. It also includes Egypt in Africa and all of the present day Middle East. The map measures 4.5″ by 3.5″, has excellent hand colouring, and is in good condition with a little dirt in the lower blank margins.

1604 Ortelius Map of Turkey Ottoman Empire

1604 Ortelius Map of Turkey Ottoman Empire

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1599 Ortelius Map of South West Poland

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Mar 262011
 

1599 Ortelius Map of South West Poland – Oswiec et Zatorien Ducatus.

This antique map is from the Marchetti engraving of 1598 and issued by Giovanni Botero in his ‘Relationi Universali…’ in 1599. It is the only issue placed between text. This Abraham Ortelius map of the region of south west Poland on the borders of Slovakia and Hungary, has simple engraving and good detail. The Vistula river is the dominant topographical feature, flowing from west to east across the map. The map measures 4.5″ by 3.5″, has excellent hand colouring, and is in very good condition with text above and below.

1599 Ortelius Map of South West Poland

1599 Ortelius Map of South West Poland

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Abraham Ortelius Hungary antique maps for sale

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Jan 012011
 

Abraham Ortelius Hungary antique maps for sale at auction or buy it now on ebay can be found in the rss feed below. If you are looking for a particular Abraham Ortelius original antique map of Hungary this page is updated daily with Ortelius Hungary maps as they are listed for sale on ebay.

These Hungary maps by Abraham Ortelius are all listed in the ebay Category: Maps, Atlases & Globes. Most of the large scale maps you see below come from the rare Ortelius Atlas of 1570 the ‘Theatrum Orbis Terrarum’ (Theatre of the World) any smaller minature Hungary maps coming from one of the many versions of his Epitome. This post is in the Hungary map category.