{"id":25044,"date":"2021-02-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/dev-en\/antiek\/uncategorized\/ottoman-empire-blaeu\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:46:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:46:16","slug":"ottoman-empire-blaeu","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/sold\/ottoman-empire-blaeu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottoman Empire &#8211; Willem and Joan Blaeu, 1640"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c<strong><em>Turcicum Imperium<\/em><\/strong>\u201d. Copper engraving published by <strong>Willem and Joan Blaeu <\/strong>in Amsterdam in <strong>1640<\/strong>, \u00a0as part of his \u201c<em>Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nouvel Atlas<\/em>\u201d. With original hand colouring. Size: 45,4 x 55,7cm.<\/p>\n<p>The map covers the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power. It extends from Sardinia and Italy in the West to the Black &amp; Caspian Seas in the North and the Gulf of Aden, Red Sea and Arabian peninsula in the South.<\/p>\n<p>The dedication of the map is to David le Leu de Wilhem (1588 &#8211; 1658), regent of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dutch_Republic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dutch Republic<\/a>, merchant in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Levant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Levant<\/a> and scholar who spoke the Arab, Persian and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chaldea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chaldean<\/a> languages.<\/p>\n<p>On top of the map\u2019s title sits sultan <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Murad_IV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Murad IV<\/a> who reigned over the Ottoman empire from 1623-1640. Under the title a proverb applicable not only to monarchs: \u201cConcord will make small things flourish, discord will destroy great things\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Price: SOLD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTurcicum Imperium\u201d. Copper engraving published by Willem and Joan Blaeu in Amsterdam in 1640, \u00a0as part of his \u201cLe Theatre du Monde, ou Nouvel Atlas\u201d. With original hand colouring. Size: 45,4 x 55,7cm. The map covers the Ottoman Empire at the height of its power. 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