MAGINI

TURCICI IMPERII DESCRIPTIO

MAGINI, Giovanni Antonio,

1617

17 x 13.5 cm.

Antique map titled ‘Turcici Imperii Descriptio’. Old map of the Turkish Empire, centering on Arabia. This map originates from ‘Geographiae, tum veteris, tum novae, volumina duo’ published by J. Janssonius, Arnhem.

Giovanni Antonio Magini (Padua; 1555-1617) was an Italian astronomer, cartographer, matematician and astrologer.