Shipyards (20 Subjects)
View of the Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa from Pera (Beyoğlu). On the left the mosques of Sultan Mehmed II and Yavuz Sultan Selim.
View of the Ottoman shipyards of Kasımpaşa from Pera (Beyoğlu). On the left the mosques of Sultan Mehmet II and Yavuz Sultan Selim.
Fig. I. View of Pera (Beyoğlu) in Istanbul. Fig. 2. The fortress of Kelibia in the Kelibia promontory in Tunisia.
9. Map of Gibraltar. 10. The constellation of Scorpio. 11. The cap worn by the Doge of Genoa. 12. Drawing of the interior stairway of the Arsenale building, Genoa. 13, 14. Author's study on the light spectre of different types of lanterns. 15,16, 17. Instrument for the distillation of mercury which the author saw in Italy. Instruments of the type were widely used in 17th century alchemist circles.
Shipyards at Garitsa, outside the northern wall of Corfu. According to tradition, this was the location of the gardens of mythical king Alcinous.