"Asiatic Turkey". Anatolia Levant Kurdistan Armenia Cyprus. THOMSON 1830 map

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Asiatic Turkey. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Drawn & engraved by William Dassauville for John Thomson's "New General Atlas". Provenance: "A new general atlas", consisting of a series of geographical designs, on various projections, exhibiting the form and component parts of the globe; and a collection of maps and charts, delineating the natural and political divisions of the Empires, Kingdoms, and States in the World", Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for John Thomson and Company, Edinburgh; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, London; and John Cumming, Dublin [Thomson's New General Atlas]. Type: Antique early 19th century atlas map with original hand colouring. A large map covering the Asian part of the Ottoman Empire, including modern-day Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Armenia & Georgia. Provinces coloured and named include Kurdistan (straddling modern Turkey, Syria & Iraq), and an enlarged Armenia.

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Size: 7623px × 6315px
Location: Turkey
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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