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Bosphore 1819

Search place names on an 1819 map and compare historic and modern names.

By Cahid Arda Öz ↗

Open experience ↗Opens on the creator’s website

01 / GET STARTED

How to start

Wait for the map to load, search for a place and select a result; zoom out if it goes too close.

02 / ABOUT THE CREATION

Why explore it

Explore connections between engraved French, Ottoman Turkish and present-day place names.

03 / MORE TO KNOW

Before you go

164 of the 387 entries are marked uncertain; readings and identifications were not independently verified entry by entry. Map navigation may zoom in too far; mobile was not tested.

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