TURKEY. 



THE GRAND SEIGNOR's DOMINIONS ARE DIVIDE© I*TT# 



1. TURKEY IN EUROPE 



2. TURKEY IN ASIA 



3. TURKEY IN AFRIC 



?E.l 



J.790,* 

 A. J 



560 Square Miles. 

 EUROPE. 



SITUATION AND EXTENT. 



Miles. 



Length 910? . ( 

 Breadth 760 ^between 



ii 



Degrees. 



36 unci 49 North latitude, 



6 and 32 East longitude. 



Containing 182,560 square miles, with 43 inhabitants to each* 



Name. ...This extensive empire derives its name from that of its 

 eonquerors and possessors, the Turks, or Turkmans, which word, 

 according to some writers, signifies wanderers. The Turkish histori- 

 ans, derive this name from that of Turk, who they say was their an- 

 cestor, and the son of Yafis or Japhet. 



Boundaries ...Turkey in Europe is bounded by Russia, the Buc- 

 kovina, Transylvania, and Sclavonia, on the north ; by Circassia, the 

 Black Se^, the Propontis, Hellespont, and Archipelago, on the East j 

 by tne Mediterranean on the South ; by the same sea, and the Aus- 

 triar territories, on the West. 



Divisions. ...The following are the provinces into which it is di- 

 vided. 



South of the Danube 

 are - - . 



Provinces. 



"Bulgaria, the east part' 

 of the ancient My- 

 sia. - - - - - 



j Servia, the west part 

 of Mysia. - - - 



Bosnia, part of the an- 

 „ cient Illyricam, 



Chief Towns. 



Widden } 

 NicopoJif 

 Silistria f 

 Scapia ) 



Belgrade "J 



>Semendria V 



Nissa J 



Serai* - 



Sq.M, 



27,840 

 16,000 



?.S69 



