[Constantinople]

Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Cartographic Note: No scales. Orientation varies. Additional Places: Istanbul. Contents Note: City landmarks shown in detail. From the Book of the Islands (isolario) of the Archipelago. It covers the Ionian Islands, Aegean Islands and Constantinople.

Administrative / biographical background
This map was drawn before the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453.

Record Details

Item reference: P/13(30V); MS 36-9918C.
Level: PART
Extent: 25 x 18cm
Date made: circa 1420
Creator: Buondelmonti, Cristoforo
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London