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Africa Map from Umûmî Cep Atlası (General Pocket Atlas) – Tüccarzâde İbrahim Hilmi, 1324 (c. 1906)

Description:

This original Ottoman Turkish coloured map of the African continent comes from Umûmî Cep Atlası (General Pocket Atlas), published in Istanbul in 1324 (approximately 1906) by Tüccarzâde İbrahim Hilmi. Measuring 19 × 17.1 cm, the map is a compact example of the practical cartographic publications produced during the final period of the Ottoman Empire.

Umûmî Cep Atlası was designed as a portable geographical reference work rather than a large-format library atlas. Its pocket-sized format made it suitable for students, teachers, officers and civil servants who required geographical information in a convenient form. The atlas contained coloured lithographic maps covering the geography of the world and the Ottoman domains, accompanied by statistical information concerning population, agriculture, economy, commerce and military conditions.

The atlas reflects the growing importance of modern geographical knowledge and cartographic education during the late Ottoman period. Its combination of compact maps and geographical and statistical information illustrates the effort to make contemporary geographical knowledge more accessible to a wider educated readership.

The publisher, Tüccarzâde İbrahim Hilmi, was one of the important publishers of the late Ottoman and early Republican periods. Born in Tulcea, Romania, he moved to Istanbul with his family and entered the publishing world at a young age. In 1896 he established İslâm Kitaphanesi, later associated with Kitabhane-i Askerî, and became particularly known for publishing military works, schoolbooks, atlases and educational literature.

For collectors of Ottoman cartography, historical maps and early twentieth-century geographical publications, this original coloured Africa map offers an attractive and highly collectible piece of the Umûmî Cep Atlası. Its small format, Ottoman Turkish cartographic character and connection with İbrahim Hilmi's influential publishing house make it particularly appealing for collectors of Ottoman maps, educational material and historical geography.

Features:

• Title: Africa Map from Umûmî Cep Atlası (General Pocket Atlas)

• Map Subject: African Continent

• Publisher: Tüccarzâde İbrahim Hilmi

• Atlas: Umûmî Cep Atlası (General Pocket Atlas)

• Publication Year: 1324 (approximately 1906)

• Place of Publication: Istanbul

• Language: Ottoman Turkish

• Map Type: Coloured geographical map

• Printing Technique: Lithographic printing

• Dimensions: 19 × 17.1 cm

• Historical Context: Late Ottoman period geographical and cartographic publishing

• Collectible Significance: An original map from an early twentieth-century Ottoman pocket atlas, of interest to collectors of Ottoman cartography, historical maps, educational publications and geographical ephemera

• Condition: Writing present on the reverse side