#ottoman map

[israelmaps]

Historical Division of Israel Palestine Ottoman Districts - 1517 to 1917

[sahrai]

Ottoman map of Istanbul from the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

[mapsontheweb]

Ottoman Map of North America

midafternoonmap:

A cool Ottoman map of North America I picked up in Istanbul. I thought "English America" - written on the map in Ottoman - was just a funny phrase the mapmakers had come up with until I talked to a Canadian friend who offered the following explanation: http://www.midafternoonmap.com/2013/10/english-america.html

[mapsontheweb]

Ottoman Map of the World, 1803

[mapsontheweb]

Ottoman Ethnic Map of the Middle East from WWI

Source: danforthnick (flickr)

midafternoonmap:

More analysis at http://www.midafternoonmap.com/2013/09/ottoman-ethnographic-map-of-middle-east.html but basically the key reads as follows:

Maronite - Green Diagonals; Durzi (Druze) - Red Diagonals; Yahudi (Jews) - Green Horizontals; Arab - Purple Verticals; Suriyeli (from Syria) - Red Horizontals; Rum (Greek / Ottoman Greek) - Purple Diamonds; Turk - Red Verticals; Turkmen yahut Turk (Turkmen or Turks) - Green Checks; Ismaililer (Ismaili Shiites) - Purple Checks; Mutawalli (lit. Shiite but apparently used here for Alawites) - Red and Green; Nusayri (usually used for Alawites but a little unclear what they are using it for here) - Purple Diagonals;

Durzi Koyu (Druze Village) - dotted line; Arap Koyu (Arab Village) - dotted line;