412 (264 + 148) pp, color figures, hb, in special box, in Turkish-German-Greek multilingual.
This collection of maps was discovered by Fatih Sultan Mehmed and translated into Ottoman Turkish. It was re-discovered and carefully preserved while the Topkapı Palace was being transformed into a museum during the Republic era. The facsimile is being presented to the the science community for the first time in nearly 700 years. Topkapı Palace Museum İstanbul / Turkey Non-Islamic Works (GI) registered with number 57. Consists of 2 books.
Book 1: Klaudios Ptolemaios' Handwritings and Research Report on Mehmet II's Intellectual Personality. Presented by İlber Ortaylı and with contributions by M. Celal Şengör. Prepared by Alfred Stückelberger, Florian Mittenhuber, Robert Fuchs.
Book 2: Klaudios Ptolemaios Coğrafya El Kitabı / Klaudios Ptolemaios Geography Handbook / Geographica Hypegesis.
Topkapı Palace Museum Facsimile. The first global world map prepared in the early 1300's in the Constantinople scriptoriums. 10 Europe and 4 Africa maps. 12 Asian maps including Anatolia, Aegean, Mediterranean and Cyprus.
