Category Travel & Memoirs

Ottoman History, Architecture & Space, Cultural Heritage, Traditional Arts, Travel & Memoirs

Ottoman Visual Witness: Matrakçı Nasuh and the Beyan-ı Menazil Miniatures

Explore the 16th-century topographic miniatures of Ottoman polymath Matrakçı Nasuh, who visually chronicled the Iraqayn campaign. Discover his unique “Matraki” style and the cities of Anatolia and the Middle East.

Mirasium
December 17, 2025

History & Culture, Ottoman History, Travel & Memoirs

James Ellsworth De Kay’s Sketches of Turkey: An American Traveler Defying Orientalism and Philhellenism in 1830s Istanbul

Explore how American doctor James Ellsworth De Kay’s 1833 travelogue Sketches of Turkey challenged 19th-century Orientalism and Philhellenism, offering a unique portrait of Ottoman Istanbul under Mahmud II.

Mirasium
December 6, 2025