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A very rare ottoman hand-coloured world map from the 'Cedid…
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Auckland
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5-Nov-2013
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A very rare ottoman hand-coloured world map from the 'Cedid Atlas' (Atlas-i Cedid), the first published atlas in the Muslim world, printed and published in Istanbul, 1803. Based on late 18th century European world maps it details Cook's three voyages of exploration and maintains elements from those maps such as Australia being named New Holland (in Turkish script) and Stewart Island being joined to the South Island of New Zealand. It's rarity stems from the very small original publication of only 50 copies of the atlas, several copies were presented to dignitaries and the remaining reserved for sale, however a political uprising soon afterwards resulted in a fire at the warehouse of the press, numerous copies were destroyed, it is believed that a maximum of 20 complete examples could be present in libraries or in private collections whereas some sources suggest that there exist only 10 complete and intact copies in the world. As such, it's one of the rarest printed atlases of historical value and individual maps from it are highly sought after. 60 cm x 90 cm
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Printed & Written Material: Maps