Old Map of Istanbul, Constantinople in 1572 by Georg Braun - Byzantium, Bosporus, Golden Horn, Topkapi Palace roman empire (Fun fact: despite being called

(Fun fact: despite being called New Holland for quite a long time

I can personalise this map for you and add a short message to the map itself

there's all sorts of other bits of info printed on the map

or perhaps someone interested in the history and ethnography of the region

Old Map of Istanbul, Constantinople in 1572 by Georg Braun - Byzantium, Bosporus, Golden Horn, Topkapi Palace roman empire (Fun fact: despite being calledPublished in 1572 by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, this is the oldest full, true map of Istanbul then known as Byzantium or Constantinople. If Shakespeare ever visited Istanbul, this is what it would've looked like. This map was first published in Civitates Orbis Terrarum the Cities of the World which was a cartographical masterpiece featuring 546 maps. Originally handcoloured almost 450 years ago, this is one of the finest examples of this map