Dobrudja in Ottoman cartographic sources (16th – 19th centuries) | ArHiCuP

Resource Name Dobrudja in Ottoman cartographic sources (16th – 19th centuries)
Author Virgil Coman, Ahmet Yenikale, Translator - Ahmet Yenikale; Preface - Ali Bozçalișkan
ISBN 978-973-8920-82-8
Material type Text
Subject history, Ottoman, cartography, geography, toponymy; Dobrudja, Romania (Europe)
Publisher Editura Etnologică, București

Year 2015
Format 33 cm, 104 p., 22 color map.
Format printing
Language Romanian and Turkish
Annotation Dobrogea în izvoare cartografice otomane (sec. XVI–XIX). Osmanlı Kartografya Kaynaklarında Dobruca (XVI. – XIX.yy) (original title). A bilingual work (Turkish and Romanian), which refers to the Dobrudja space from a cartographic point of view, over a period of time between 16th - 19th centuries. The whole work focuses on identifying and transliterating the toponymy present in the maps. A series of toponymic categories are mentioned that were the basis of the whole Dobrudja toponymic treasure from that period, the Ottoman nomenclature being adapted to the local conditions from all points of view: settlement geography, political-administrative geography, anthroponomy, toponymy. It is aimed at researchers, students and the general public.