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Mediterranean and Egypt 1898 Ottoman Atlas Map Empire Cyprus Crete Rhodes Greece
  • Mediterranean and Egypt 1898 Ottoman Atlas Map Empire Cyprus Crete Rhodes Greece
  • Mediterranean and Egypt 1898 Ottoman Atlas Map Empire Cyprus Crete Rhodes Greece
  • Mediterranean and Egypt 1898 Ottoman Atlas Map Empire Cyprus Crete Rhodes Greece
  • Mediterranean and Egypt 1898 Ottoman Atlas Map Empire Cyprus Crete Rhodes Greece
  • Mediterranean and Egypt 1898 Ottoman Atlas Map Empire Cyprus Crete Rhodes Greece
  • Mediterranean and Egypt 1898 Ottoman Atlas Map Empire Cyprus Crete Rhodes Greece
  • Mediterranean and Egypt 1898 Ottoman Atlas Map Empire Cyprus Crete Rhodes Greece
  • Mediterranean and Egypt 1898 Ottoman Atlas Map Empire Cyprus Crete Rhodes Greece
  • Mediterranean and Egypt 1898 Ottoman Atlas Map Empire Cyprus Crete Rhodes Greece
  • Mediterranean and Egypt 1898 Ottoman Atlas Map Empire Cyprus Crete Rhodes Greece
Mediterranean and Egypt 1898 Ottoman Atlas Map Empire Cyprus Crete Rhodes Greece

Mediterranean and Egypt 1898 Ottoman Atlas Map Empire Cyprus Crete Rhodes Greece

$400.00

Ottoman Turkish Map of the Mediterranean and Egypt – from Yeni Coğrafya Atlasi (1898)

Description:
A fine Ottoman Turkish map of the Mediterranean region, measuring 51 × 36 cm, published in 1314 AH (1898 CE). This sheet is part of the “Yeni Coğrafya Atlasi” (New Geographical Atlas), edited by Ali Şeref Paşa and *Hafız Ali Eşref, printed by Hasan Ferid at the Matbaa-i Âmire in Istanbul.

The map depicts the eastern Mediterranean basin, including Egypt (with the Nile and Alexandria), Cyprus, Rhodes, Crete, the Aegean Islands, as well as the southwestern Anatolian coast with Antalya and Izmir. It highlights the geostrategic importance of the Mediterranean for the late Ottoman Empire, linking North Africa, the Levant, and Anatolia.

Today, the territories shown correspond to the Republic of Turkey, Greece, and Egypt.

The Yeni Coğrafya Atlasi was one of the most important cartographic publications of the late Ottoman period, comprising 42 double-page lithographed color maps issued between 1893–1898 (1309–1314 AH). It reflects the empire’s growing scientific, educational, and geopolitical interest in world geography.

Ali Şeref Paşa, a former soldier educated as a cartographer in Paris, later became chief cartographer at Matbaa-i Âmire, the successor of İbrahim Müteferrika’s pioneering Ottoman press. His European training strongly influenced the atlas, which combined modern European cartographic techniques with Ottoman perspectives on world regions.

Key Features:

  • Title/Subject: Mediterranean Region (Egypt, Cyprus, Crete, Aegean, Anatolia)

  • Publication Date: 1314 AH (1898 CE)

  • Atlas: Yeni Coğrafya Atlasi (New Geographical Atlas)

  • Editors: Ali Şeref Paşa & Hafız Ali Eşref

  • Printer: Hasan Ferid

  • Publisher: Matbaa-i Âmire, Istanbul

  • Dimensions: 51 × 36 cm

  • Coverage: Egypt, Alexandria, Cyprus, Rhodes, Crete, Aegean Islands, Antalya, Izmir

  • Modern Equivalents: Turkey, Greece, Egypt

  • Technique: Lithographed color map

  • Significance: An Ottoman atlas map emphasizing the strategic eastern Mediterranean at the turn of the 20th century, produced during the empire’s push for modern cartography and geographic education.

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