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J. H. Colton: Turkey in Asia and the Caucasian Provinces of Russia
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artist QS:P170,Q6105865
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Turkey in Asia and the Caucasian Provinces of Russia
label QS:Len,"Turkey in Asia and the Caucasian Provinces of Russia"
label QS:Lar,"الإيالات العُثمانيَّة في آسيا والمُقاطعات القوقازيَّة التابعة لِروسيا"
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العربية: خريطة جميلة لِإيالات الدولة العُثمانيَّة في آسيا وتظهر فيها المُقاطعات القوقازيَّة التي تُسيطر عليها روسيا. تعود هذه الخريطة لِلطبعة الأولى لِأطلس كولتون الصادر سنة 1855م.
  • غطَّت الأراضي العُثمانيَّة المنطقة المُمتدة من القرم شمالًا إلى دلتا النيل جنوبًا، وغربًا وُصولًا إلى بحر إيجة، ثُمَّ شرقًا وُصولًا إلى بحر قزوين والخليج العربي.
  • تشتملُ على البلاد التي كانت تُشكِّلُ جُزءًا من الدولة العُثمانيَّة واليوم تتفرَّع إلى كُلٍ من تُركيَّا، والعراق، والكُويت، وسوريا، والأُردُن، وإسرائيل والأراضي الفلسطينيَّة، وأرمينيا، وجورجيا، وأذربيجان، مع أقسامٍ من إيران المُجاورة، واليونان، ومصر، وأوكرانيا.
  • في هذه الخريطة، حدَّد كولتون عدَّة مُدن، وبلدات، وحُصُون، وأنهار، وواحات صحراويَّة، ومجموعة من المعالم الطوبوغرافيَّة. أُحيطت الخريطة بِالإطار اللولبي النمطي الذي يُميِّزُ أعمال كولتون.
  • عادت حُقوق التأليف والنشر إلى المُؤلِّف جوزيف هاتشينز كولتون، ونُشرت سنة 1855. مكان النشر هو مكتب كولتون الذي كان قائمًا في شارع وليم رقم 172 بِمدينة نيويورك. أُدرجت الخريطة في الصفحة رقم 25 من المُجلَّد الثاني لِلطبعة الأولى من أطلس جورج واشنطن العالمي لِكولتون.
English: A beautiful 1855 first edition example of Colton's map of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) in Asia and the Caucuses.
  • Covers from the Crimea south to the Nile Delta, west as far as the Aegean, and east to the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf.
  • Basically covers the mid 19th century claims of the Ottoman Empire, however, includes the modern nations of Turkey, Iraq, Kuwait, Syria, Jordan, Israel or Palestine, Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, with parts of adjacent Iran, Greece, Egypt and Ukraine.
  • Throughout the map, Colton identifies various cities, towns, forts, rivers, desert oases, and an assortment of additional topographical details. Surrounded by Colton's typical spiral motif border.
  • Dated and copyrighted to J. H. Colton, 1855. Published from Colton's 172 William Street Office in New York City. Issued as page no. 25 in volume 2 of the first edition of George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World .
Date 1855 (dated)
Dimensions Height: 13 in (33 cm); Width: 16.5 in (41.9 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,13U218593;P2049,16.5U218593
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Geographicus link: TurkeyIraq-colton-1855
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Colton, G. W., Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical and Political Geography, Vol 2, New York, 1855 (First Edition).

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