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| Keywords: 1818 Pinkerton Map of Turkey in Asia, Iraq, Syria, and Palestine - Geographicus - TurkeyAsia-pinkerton-1818.jpg This is John Pinkerton's stunning 1818 map of Turkey in Asia Covers the holdings of the early 19th century Ottoman Empire in Asia inclusive of modern day Turkey Iraq Cyprus Syria Jordan Israel Palestine Lebanon Georgia Armenia and Azerbaijan Area of coverage extends from the Aegean Sea to the Caspian Sea and from the mouth of the Nile and the Dead Sea to the Crimea and the Black Sea This beautifully rendered map is truly a masterpiece of engraving with mountain ranges lakes deserts and rivers excited with such precision that the result appears almost three dimensional Pinkerton injects astounding detail throughout with countless towns cities geographical features rivers islands and bodies of water noted Names numerous important sites are named these include Mt Ararat the historic ruined Armenian capital of Ani the ruined ancient Roman city of Palmyra the ruins of several castles etc Drawn by L Herbert and engraved by Samuel Neele under the direction of John Pinkerton This map was issued in the scarce American edition of Pinkerton ™s Modern Atlas published by Thomas Dobson Co of Philadelphia in 1818 1818 undated Size in 28 21 object history credit line accession number TurkeyAsia-pinkerton-1818 Pinkerton J <i>A Modern Atlas from the Lates and Best Authorities Exhibiting the Various Divisions of the World with its chief Empires Kingdoms and States; in Sixty Maps carefully reduced from the Larges and Most Authentic Sources </i> 1818 Philadelphia Thomas Dobson Edition Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by John Pinkerton 1818 maps Old maps of Turkey Old maps of Armenia Old maps of the Middle East Maps of Transcaucasia | ||||
