Africa late 19th / Early 20th Century Ottoman Script Map Ottoman Empire Saudi Arabia comic foreign financial influence

foreign financial influence

likely late 19th – early 20th century

as it reflects that Armenian citizens of the Ottoman Empire also served within the Ottoman army during World War I

sold to Şehzade Yusuf İzzeddin

Africa late 19th / Early 20th Century Ottoman Script Map Ottoman Empire Saudi Arabia comic foreign financial influenceLate 19th Early 20th Century Ottoman Map of Africa by W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh Description: This is a rare and intriguing Ottoman era map of Africa, printed entirely in Ottoman Turkish script. While the exact publication source is currently unidentified, the map bears the imprint W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh at the bottom a well known Scottish mapmaker active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The combination of Ottoman Turkish