Resources and goods are important to Ortelius with regard to the Ottoman Empire, as he also mentions the famous market town of Ormus, capital of a tributary kingdom that answers to Lusitania. It also mentions that the dried fish caught there are sold around the region. One paragraph, near Lake Actamar just below the Caspian Sea, describes the various names for the lake throughout history. There are several other descriptions of note on the map. Other decorations include four sailing vessels and a sea monster in the Black Sea. The inscription below the title reads, "Through unity small things grow, through discord they fall asunder." This was likely a reference to the power of the diverse Ottoman Empire in the later sixteenth century, as the Empire was reaching its zenith at precisely the time this map was published. It includes an ornate cartouche in the lower left corner decorated with lattice work, lanterns, and two female centaurs. The map is based upon Giacomo Gastaldi's wall map of Asia of 1561. Nice example of Ortelius' Turkish Empire, embracing the Middle East, Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean from Sicily to Cyprus. Second Edition of the Ortelius Map of the Turkish Empire African Islands, including Madagascar (65).For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey. The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country.See the content for the entities concerned. The status of various entities is disputed.Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.The same goes for the texts in the history sections. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. Every entry has an introduction section in English.
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