Kitâb-ı Cihânnümâ:

When approached chronologically, Kitab-i Cihânnümâ reveals a variety of originalities. Firstly, the maps, even those added by Ibrahim Müteferrika are not authentic. In fact there are copies by Ibrahim Müteferrika that differ from each other. There are copies written by Katib Çelebi and those printed...

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Main Author: Katib Çelebi 1609-1657 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:Turkish
Ottoman Turkish
Published: Kostantınîye Dar üt-Tibâat il-Mamûre [1732] = 1145 [hicrî]
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Online Access:Volltext // Exemplar mit der Signatur: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- Res/2 A.or. 371
Summary:When approached chronologically, Kitab-i Cihânnümâ reveals a variety of originalities. Firstly, the maps, even those added by Ibrahim Müteferrika are not authentic. In fact there are copies by Ibrahim Müteferrika that differ from each other. There are copies written by Katib Çelebi and those printed by Ibrahim Müteferrika, again with dissimilarity in their number of maps. Katib Çelebi added new commentary while rewriting the book in 1654. 78 years later, Ibrahim Müteferrika added new character to the book with his own interpretation. In all literary searches for Cihannüma, reference is made to Ibrahim Müteferrika's printed copy. Thus, 276 years later we have prepared a new book of Cihânnümâ with a new interpretation. We might have assumed Müteferrika's role, perhaps a little... The book you are holding is not an exact copy; it accommodates every page, however in reduced size. It is also not an exact copy in terms of modern Turkish. It is a new Cihânnümâ that tries, with the help of our modern day knowledge, to shed light on the authentic information it contains. The renowned and celebrated Cihânnümâ belongs to Müteferrika; the one created in the newest forms and applications of technology in printing is Boyut's Cihânnümâ ...
Item Description:Müteferrika-Druck. - Kolophon: Tamma 'l-kitāb ... bi-Dār aṭ-Ṭibāʿat al-ʿĀmira fī ... Qusṭanṭinīya ... fi 'l-yaum al-ʿāšir min šahr Muḥarram al-ḥarām li-sanat ḫams wa-ʿarbaʿīn wa-mi'a wa-alf [1145 h.]. - Included are maps of the two hemispheres, of the Mediterranean and Black Seas, of the Aegean Sea, and the Adriatic Sea. - Published on 10 Muharrem 1145 (July 3, 1732)
Bedeutendes osmanisches Kartenwerk, geographisches und kosmographisches Werk des 17. Jahrhunderts.
Physical Description:[27], 698 Seiten, 40 Tafeln Illustrationen, Karten 31 x 20 cm

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