IMAGES OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

`Since their first arrival in Europe as conquerors, the Turks have never failed to engage the curiosity of the Christian West/ and l ong after they had ceased to be a hostile presence, their customs and institutions continued to attract the traveller and the advent urer ... The VyAs collection of images of the vast, sprawling Ottoman empire is unrivalled. Generations of European travellers explorers, traders and tourists, naval and military personnel, scientists, artists, even political cartoonists were drawn to these lands, and l...[Read more]