Persia With A Part Of The Ottoman Empire

Description

This map was published in 1833 by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK) in London as part of an atlas titled “A Series of Outline Maps for the Use of Geographical Students” and was prepared to present the topographic structure of Iran (Persia) and partly the eastern part of the Ottoman Empire in a simple and educational 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 especially for physical geography education. The map includes the mountain ranges and plateaus of the Iranian plateau, the coast of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, the coastal lines of the southeastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, the western parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Tigris and Euphrates river systems, the Zagros Mountains shown in relief, and the inland plains. In addition, the Ottoman borderlands in the west of Iran (today's Iraq) are also included in the map. At the bottom of the map are distance scales prepared in 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 in both England and Europe.