Switzerland 1906 Ottoman Atlas Map Empire Tüccarzade İbrahim Hilmi Europe

Ottoman Turkish Map - Switzerland (Umumi Cep Atlası, 1906)

Description:
An Ottoman Turkish map of Switzerland, published in Tüccarzade İbrahim Hilmi’s Umumi Cep Atlası, printed in 1324 AH (1906 CE).

Tüccarzade İbrahim Hilmi was one of the most prolific Ottoman publishers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, producing accessible atlases and educational works that introduced modern cartography to a broad audience. The Umumi Cep Atlası was designed as a compact reference, making its surviving maps relatively rare today.

The map measures 19.5 × 17.2 cm and depicts the geography of Switzerland in the early 20th century. As part of the Umumi Cep Atlası, this map reflects the Ottoman effort to make world geography accessible to a broad readership, presenting faraway continents in a compact and educational format.

Key Features:

• Title/Subject: Switzerland

• Author/Publisher: Tüccarzade İbrahim Hilmi

• Source: Umumi Cep Atlası

• Date: 1324 AH / 1906 CE

• Dimensions: 19.5 × 17.2 cm
  

• Significance: Rare Ottoman atlas map of Switzerland, showing global geographic awareness in the late Ottoman period