Haci Ahmed's World Map, 1560By Library of Congress

Haci Ahmeds world map This map based on Oronce Fines cordiform heartshaped map of was translated into Turkish in the Islamic year October to September The author Haci Ahmed is thought to be a pseudonym of the Venetian traveller Michele Membre and the interpreter Nicolo Cambi The map may have been provided for Ottoman princes as part of cultural and political exchanges between the two states This copy was printed in from woodcut blocks found in the archives of the Council of Ten in Venice Italy The illustrations include two celestial hemispheres lower left and lower right and an armillary sphere lower centre