Asia Minor

Description

This map was published in 1833 by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK) in London as part of the atlas titled “A Series of Outline Maps for the Use of Geographical Students” and was prepared to present the topographic structure of the Anatolian Peninsula (Asia Minor) in a simple and instructive manner. This map, prepared for educational purposes for geography students, depicted geographical shapes by creating a three-dimensional effect with a prominent relief effect and shading method, with mountainous areas, river valleys and coastlines. Place names are given entirely based on geographical structure without ancient city names or modern equivalents. Therefore, the map is a “contour map” designed specifically for physical geography education. The island of Cyprus in the south, the Aegean Islands (especially the Twelve Islands) in the west, the coasts of the Sea of ​​Marmara in the north and the region up to the Taurus Mountains in the east are covered in detail. At the bottom of the map there are distance scales prepared according to both English and ancient units of measurement. SDUK was an important institution that published maps and encyclopedic publications in order to spread access to information throughout the 19th century. The maps prepared by this institution were widely used as course material in secondary schools both in England and Europe. This map, which enabled the systematic definition of Anatolia by Western educational circles, is a valuable cartographic and pedagogical document in terms of understanding Ottoman geography.