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Imago Mundi
The International Journal for the History of Cartography
Volume 45, 1993 - Issue 1
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Old maps in the library of Topkapi palace in Istanbul

Pages 120-133 | Published online: 29 Jul 2008

References

  • Özdemir , Kemal . 1992 . Ottoman Nautical Charts and the Atlas of Ali Macar Reis , Istanbul : Marmara Bank .
  • (hereafter Ottoman Nautical Charts), with about fifty superb color reproductions of Ottoman and other Muslim maps, including one of this chart, 120–121.
  • Spelling Muslim names is always a challenge. I have used accept‐ible spelling of Turkish and the spelling of Arabic and Persian used in The History of Cartography, volume 2, book 1
  • Harley , J.B. , Woodward , David , Schwartzberg , Joseph E. , Tib‐bets , Gerald R. and Karamustafa , Ahmet , eds. 1992 . Cartography in the Traditional Islamic and South Asian Societies , Chicago : University of Chicago Press .
  • (Hereafter cited as History of Cartography.) This new book does more than put a base to our knowledge of Ottoman cartography; Ahmet T. Karamustafa, J.M. Rogers, and Svat Soucek in their chapters advance it considerably.
  • For a reproduction of the sketch see History of Cartography, fig. 11.1 on p. 211
  • See below, R1633m.
  • Very recently, however, a number of studies and collections of maps of Istanbul have appeared by Cahit Kayra and by Kâzim Çeçen that are not immediately available to me. The ones by the latter are particularly difficult to obtain, since the publisher, the municipal water authority of Istanbul, does not sell them.
  • For an useful guide to the manuscript libraries in Turkey and in Istanbul in particular, see
  • Birnbaum , E. 1984 . ‘Turkish manuscripts: cataloging since 1960 and manuscripts still not catalogued. Part 5: Turkey and Cyprus’ . Journal of the American Oriental Society , 104 : 465 – 503 .
  • Goodrich , T. 1985 . ‘Strolling through Istanbul Libraries’ . Turkish Studies Association Bulletin , 9 : 1 – 19 .
  • A union catalogue of manuscripts in the libraries of Turkey (Türkiye Yazmalari Toplu Kataloğu or TÜYATOK) is in preparation. Two or three volumes appear each year and each has to be scanned for any mention of a map. Once this ambitious project is completed, next century, one hopes a comprehensive index will appear and that it will include a subject heading for maps ('haritalar').
  • Some of these are cited or discussed in The History of Cartography (see note 2 above). Separate permits are needed for access to the archives, to the library, and to other divisions of the museum.
  • See reference 2 above.
  • Cağman , F. , Tanindi , Z. and Rogers , J.M. 1986 . “ give some information about the various collections ” . In The Topkapi Saray Museum: the Albums and Illustrated Manuscripts 11 – 14 . Boston

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