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Johann Baptist Homann - Map of Constantinople - View of ”the city of Stambul” from the East Side of the Bosphorus - (Constantinople) Accurate Vorstellung der Orientalisch Kayserlichen Haupt- und Residenz-Stadt Constantinopel samt ihrer Gegend und Zweyen Beruhmten Meer-Engen, Bosphoro Thracio und Hellesponto, oder dem Freto der Dardanellen [Accurate depiction of the Oriental Imperial capital and residence city of Constantinople along with its surroundings and two famous sea straits, the Bosphorus and the Hellespont, or the Dardanelles Strait]Antique Map of the Environs of Istanbul with a View of ”the city of Stambul or Constantinople” from the East Side of the Bosphorus. Published in Nuremberg, 1720.Decorative antique map and early view;of Istanbul and environs.The map includes a large inset bird's-eye view of the Bosphorus with several ships in the foreground framed with an allegorical cartouche, inspired by the oriental world using symbols like the half-moon and the oil lamp. Wisdom and knowledge are also depicted using a book and a terrestrial globe.The view of the city shows the former Christian church Hagia-Sophia, the Blue Mosque, three Egyptian obelisks which the Romans brought to the city, Sultan Suleyman's Mosque and the palace of the Sultan.ArtistJohann Baptist HomannMedium:EngravingDate1720