Description: A map of the Ottoman Empire and the division of its European territories after the two Balkan Wars between 1912 and 1913. The map shows the Turkish territories as the Balkan League (Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, and Montenegro) intended to divide it, with the traditional territories of Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, and Montenegro, and the claimed portions of the Turkish territory. The map shows the territory of Roumania, and the territory that was to remain Turkish.
Place Names: Turkey, Constantinople, Athens, Salonika, Adrianople, Bukharest, Belgrade, Janina, Kaval
ISO Topic Categories: boundaries,
inlandWaters,
location,
oceans
Keywords: Division of the Ottoman Empire in Europe, physical, political, historical, physical features, country borders,
major political subdivisions, boundaries,
inlandWaters,
location,
oceans, Unknown, 1912–1913
Source: L. P. Benezet, The Story of the Map of Europe (Chicago, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1916) 192
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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