Celestial map
Date
1732
Creator
Ahmed al-Kirimi (Ottoman-Turkish) , Engraver
After
Katip Çelebi (كاتب جلبي) (1609 - 1657, Ottoman-Turkish) , Scholar
Object type
Material
Technique
Subject
Content object
Description
A celestial map showing constellations as seen from the northern [left as viewed] and southern [right] hemisphere, surrounded by a number of mapping instruments, including: a quadrant [top right] and protractor [top left]. An unknown building is depicted below.
Unnumbered plate from Jihannuma (loosely translated as Displaying the World) by Katip Çelebi (ed. by Ibrahim Müteferrika, Constantinople, 1732).
Katip Çelebi (كاتب جلبي), or Ḥājjī Khalīfa (حاجي خليفة) (1609-1657) was an Ottoman-Turkish scholar, historian and geographer.
Jihannuma is a world atlas containing maps of earth and the stars. It strove to offer proofs that the earth was round, arguing against the widespread view in the Islamic world at the time, which claimed that the earth was flat.
Unnumbered plate from Jihannuma (loosely translated as Displaying the World) by Katip Çelebi (ed. by Ibrahim Müteferrika, Constantinople, 1732).
Katip Çelebi (كاتب جلبي), or Ḥājjī Khalīfa (حاجي خليفة) (1609-1657) was an Ottoman-Turkish scholar, historian and geographer.
Jihannuma is a world atlas containing maps of earth and the stars. It strove to offer proofs that the earth was round, arguing against the widespread view in the Islamic world at the time, which claimed that the earth was flat.
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