Without seven astronomical charts surrounding the map. Issued in his: Tarih-i Hind-i garbi (A History of the India of the West). -- Istanbul, 1730. Published with the double hemisphere map of the world (Entry 1006). The first Ottoman Turkish book illustrated with woodcuts, and the fourth printed in the Arabic alphabet in the Ottoman empire. This book relates the discoveries in the New World, and synthesizes Islamic geographical and cosmographical writings. Edited by Mehmed Su’udî. With seven astronomical charts surrounding the map. Longitude and latitude lines marked along the equator and the center latitude line, respectively. Issued in Cihanüma (Mirror of the World) / Kâtib Çelebi. -- Istanbul : Ibrahim Müteferrika, 1732. Square title cartouche above the map. World on an oval projection. In Ottoman Turkish. Goodrich (Figure 19, Map #18); Koeman II, p. 549. Map derived from the Mercator-Hondius Atlas Minor. California with a rounded coast and labeled.
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