Old Bird's-Eye Map of Baghdad by van der Aa, 1720: Tigris River, city walls, mosques, markets, caravan routes Size:A1 (594x841mm) including Reginald's Tower

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Old Bird's-Eye Map of Baghdad by van der Aa, 1720: Tigris River, city walls, mosques, markets, caravan routes Size:A1 (594x841mm) including Reginald's TowerLa Ville de Bagdad, dans la Turquie, engraved by Pieter van der Aa in Leiden in 1720, is a richly detailed birds eye view that fixes the Ottoman era city at the confluence of empire, commerce, and riverine life. Baghdad unfurls along the Tigris (often styled Tigres) as a fortified organism: crenelated walls, riverfront quays, and a skyline punctuated by domes and minarets. A lettered key singles out prominent structuresmosques, palatial compounds,