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| Keywords: 1771 Bonne Map of Turkey, Syria and Iraq - Geographicus - Turkey-bone-1771.jpg A beautiful example of Rigobert Bonne's 1771 decorative map of Turkey in Asia Covers from Egypt north to Crimea and from Crete and the Dardanelles east to the Persian Gulf and Georgia Includes the modern day nations of Turkey Syria Cyprus Iraq Israel Jordan Lebanon Kuwait Armenia Georgia Azerbaijan and Ukraine Also notes the disputed lands of Armenia and Kurdistan Remarkably this map actually shows the notes but stunning Armenian church on Lake Van's Akdamar Island A decorative baroque title cartouche appears in the upper left quadrant Drawn by R Bonne in 1771 for issue as plate no 25 in Jean Lattre's 1776 issue of the Atlas Moderne 1771 undated Size in 17 5 12 5 accession number Turkey-bone-1771 object history credit line Lattre Jean <i>Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes sur Toutes les Parties du Globe Terrestre</i> c 1775 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 PD-Art-100 Old maps of the Black Sea Maps by Rigobert Bonne 1771 maps Maps of the history of Jordan Maps of the history of Syria Maps of the history of Israel Old maps of the Holy Land Maps of the history of the Levant Old maps of the Middle East Old maps of Turkey Old maps of Egypt Old maps of Syria Old maps of Israel Old maps of Iraq Old maps of the Caucasus 18th-century maps of Georgia Old maps of Armenia 18th-century maps of Azerbaijan Old maps showing the whole Near East | ||||
