1578 - Münster - Constantinople

A woodcut view of Istanbul/Constantinople from Münster's German edition of the Cosmographia.

1580 - Ruscelli - Graetia nuova tavola

1580 - Ruscelli - Natolia nuova tavola

1595 - Ortelius - Thraciae Veteris Typus

Antique map of Ancient Thrace, 1595, A. Ortelius, (1649, J. Janssonius), after G. Gastaldi
Title: ΘΡΑΚΗ. Thraciæ Veteris Typvs [Thraciae Veteris Typus] (Map of Ancient Thrace)
Cartouche I: Loca Circa Byzantium Incertae Positionis (Uncertain Places Around Byzantium)
Cartouche II: Thraciae Aliquot Incogniti Situs Loca (Several Unknown Locations in Thrace)

1598 - Porchacchi-Mangini - Natolia olim Asia Minor

1600 (circa) - Ortelius - Turcicum Imperium

1620 - Muenster - Dacia

1620 - Porcacchi - Constantinopoli

Copper etching from "L'Isole piu Famose del Mondo" (The most famous islands of the world) by Thomas Porcacchi (1530 - 1585) and engraved by Girolamo Porro. The first edition of this work was published in Venice in 1572. This is from the second edition, 1620 published in Padua. A very attractive and uncommon early 17th century map of the city of Constantinople/Istanbul. This wonderful birds-eye view shows a delightful level of detail, including major geographical features such as individual buildings, small islands off the coast, a nice compass rose, and numerous sailing ships. Amazing how many individual buildings are depicted, including quite a variety across the Golden Horn at Pera.

1652 - Eastern Mediterranean

1661 - van der Keere - Jansson Bertus - Amsterdam

1668 - Clüver - Persia ex Adamo Oleario

Adam Olearius (September 24, 1599 – February 22, 1671), was a German scholar, mathematician, geographer and librarian who became secretary to the ambassador sent by Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, to the Shah of Safavid Persia (Iran), and published two books about the events and observations during his travels.

This map by Clüver is based on Adam Olearius' travels.

1676 - Mercator - van Waesberge - Amsterdam

1683 - Mallet - Modern Suriye

1686 - Clüver - Thraciae - Amsterdam

Map of Thrace by Clüver published in Amsterdam in 1686. Sheet measures 5" x 5 1/4." Image area measures 4 3/4" x 5."

1686 - Mallet - Partie Occidentale de la Mer Mediterranee

Mer Mediterranée Selons Les Modernes./ Partie Orientale De La Mer Mediterranée./ Partie Occidentale De La Mer Mediterranée. 1685 Three miniature maps on one sheet of the Mediterranean. ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: Allain Manesson Mallet (1630-1706), a French cartographer and engineer IMAGE SIZE: Approx Overall page size 13 x 21cm approximately (5 x 8 inches); image size 10.5 x 14.5cm approximately (4 x 5.5 inches) PROVENANCE: "Description de l'Univers, contenant les differents systemes du Monde, les Cartes generales & particulieres de la Geographie Ancienne & Moderne: Les Plans & les Profils des principales Villes & des autres lieux considerables de la Terre; avec les portraits de Souverains qui y commandent, leurs Blasons, Titres & Livrees: Et les Moeurs, Religions, Gouvernements & divers habillemens de chaque Nation", dedie'e au Roy, par Allain Manesson Mallet. Paris, Chez Denys Thierry, Rue S. Jacques, MDCLXXXIII [First edition, Paris, 1683] TYPE: Copperplate map

1697 - Clüver - Persia Sire Sophorum Regnum cum Armenia Assyria Mesopotamia et Babilonia - Amsterdam

"Persia sive Sophorum Regnum cum Armenia Assyria Mesopotamia et Babilonia" By: Philipp Clüver Date: 1697 Publication: Introductio in Universam Geographicam Map covering the region from the Mediterranean to Pakistan, including the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf, and part of the Arabian Peninsula. It is fully engraved with mountains, forests, many ancient place names and adorned with a decorative title cartouche. Hand colored

1701 - Hermann Moll - Turkey in Europe

1704 - Cluver - Chersonesi quaehodie Natolia Descriptio - London

CHERSONESI QUAE HODIE NATOLIA DESCRIPTIO Copper line engraved map produced to accompany the 1704 edition of Philip Cluver's "Introductio In Universam Geographiam", published in London by John Nicholson. A scarce item with a highly decorative cartouche. Measures 248 x 200 mm. Hand colored.

1717 - Hermann Moll - The seat of the Trojan War according to Dictis Cretensis and Dares Phrygius

Greece and Asia Minor in the era of Trojan War, according to the anonymous works traditionally attributed to Dictys Cretensis and Dares Phrygius.

Taken from Geographia Classica: The geography of the ancients so far describ'd as it is contain'd in the Greek and Latin Classicks, in twenty-nine maps of the Old World and its several Kingdoms and Provinces: Wherein the chief Places mention'd in Homer, Virgil, Ovid, Lucan, Eutropius, Cornelius Nepos, Justin, Quintus Curtius, Sallust, Livy, Caesar, Plutarch, Xenophon, Herodotus, and many other Ancient Authors are describ'd. To which is added, a Map of the Places mention'd in the Old and New Testaments. A collection long wanted, and now publish'd for the use of schools, London, Printed for C. Browne, MDCCXVII [=1717].