Japan: 'Cezire-i Yaponya' (The Island of Japan), Katip Celebi, Chihannuma ('Universal Geography'), Ibrahim Muteferrika, 1728

Katip Celebi, Mustafa bin Abdullah, Haji Khalifa or Kalfa, (1609, Constantinople – 1657 Constantinople) was an Ottoman scholar. A historian and geographer, he is regarded as one of the most productive authors of non-religious, scientific literature in the 17th-century Ottoman Empire.

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