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Maps of Levant and Turkey

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Mavi Boncuk | 18th - 19th Century Maps

With the beginning of the 18th century we see a shift from the artistic map making tradition of the Dutch to production of more accurate and up-to-date maps led by French map makers such as Nicolas Sanson and continued by the British map makers in the next century.
By 1800 map making moved into a new phase. Demand for more precise maps and the availability of accurate instruments and techniques developed cartography into a science.

With regards to maps of Turkish Empire and Anatolia during this period, we begin to see the current local names of regions and cities as compared to the classical names shown in the earlier maps.

With the decline of the Ottoman Empire we see major changes in the borders and emergence of new nation states in the Balkans and the Middle East.

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