File:Map of the Indian Ocean and the China Sea was engraved in 1728 by Ibrahim Müteferrika.jpg
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Map of the Indian Ocean and the China Sea was engraved in 1728 by Ibrahim Müteferrika ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ibrahim Müteferrika |
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Map of the Indian Ocean and the China Sea was engraved in 1728 by Ibrahim Müteferrika |
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This map of the Indian Ocean and the China Sea was engraved in 1728 by the Hungarian-born Ottoman cartographer and publisher Ibrahim Müteferrika; it is one of a series that illustrated Kâtib Çelebi’s Cihannuma (Universal Geography), the first printed book of maps and drawings to appear in the Islamic world. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY |
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Date |
1728 date QS:P571,+1728-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | printed book | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q1028334 |
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Object history | the first printed book of maps and drawings to appear in the Islamic world. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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it is one of a series that illustrated Kâtib Çelebi’s Cihannuma (Universal Geography) |
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Other versions | http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200504/the.seas.of.sindbad.htm |
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current | 12:00, 14 March 2019 | 2,552 × 1,914 (5.24 MB) | User-duck | Cropped black border using CropTool with lossless mode. |
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Width | 2,835 px |
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Height | 2,202 px |
Compression scheme | LZW |
Pixel composition | Separated (Probably CMYK) |
Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 4 |
Number of rows per strip | 23 |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Data arrangement | chunky format |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh |
File change date and time | 12:35, 2 July 2008 |