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<P>A new publication from the Oriental Institute of the University of
Chicago:</P>
<P>European Cartographers and the Ottoman World 1500-1750: Maps from the
Collection of O. J. Sopranos. By Ian Manners, with a contribution by M. Pinar
Emiralioglu.</P>
<P>Chicago: The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 2008 140 pp., 7
B&W, 51 full color illustrations, paperbound (11.5 x 9 in); $42</P>
<P>This lavishly illustrated catalogue of the exhibit "European Cartographers
and the Ottoman World 1500-1750" presented at the Oriental Institute Museum
explores how map makers sought to document a new geography of the Near East that
reconciled classical ideas and theories with the information collected and
brought back by travelers and voyagers. The text is accompanied by images of
portolans and atlases, the earliest printed maps of the Ottoman Empire, and
bird's eyes view of cities that provided "arm-chair" travelers with the
experience of knowing distant places.</P>
<P>Ian Manners is Professor of Geography and Middle Eastern Studies at the
University of Texas, Austin.</P>
<P>M. Pinar Emiralioglu is visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of
History at the University of Pittsburgh.</P>
<P>For orders contact: The Suq at the Oriental Institute 1155 East 58th Street,
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