File:Map of Constantinople (1422) by Florentine cartographer Cristoforo Buondelmonte.jpg

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Summary

Map of Constantinople (modern Istanbul), designed in 1422 by Florentine cartographer Cristoforo Buondelmonti (Description des îles de l'archipel, Bibliothèque nationale, Paris) is the oldest surviving map of the city, and the only surviving map which predates the Turkish conquest of Constantinople in 1453.

Copyright status:

public domain

Source:

Liber insularum Archipelagi (1824), version available at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

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current01:37, 6 September 2018Thumbnail for version as of 01:37, 6 September 2018592 × 746 (838 KB)Thales (talk | contribs)Map of Constantinople (modern Istanbul), designed in 1422 by Florentine cartographer Cristoforo Buondelmonti (''Description des îles de l'archipel'', Bibliothèque nationale, Paris) is the oldest surviving map of the city, and the only sur...
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