...And all of those maps were printed at a time when none of your ancestors had any idea of what Macedonia was.
...Not that you got much better nowadays...
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http://kroraina.com/makedonija/Karti...balcani8cl.jpg
The Balkans in 1873.
(Source: Stieler-Berghaus E., Atlante scolastico per la geografia politica e fisica, Carta de’ popoli europei, tav. n. 14, G. Perthes-Gotha, ed. 1873
http://kroraina.com/makedonija/Karti.../mackenzie.jpg
Map of G. M. Mackenzie and A.P. Irby, British (1867). The two ladies, Mackenzie and Irby, traveled through the Balkans to explore the ethnography of the peninsula.
http://kroraina.com/makedonija/Karti/Ethno/sax.jpg
Map of K. Sax, Austrian (1878). Karl Sax was a consul of the Austria-Hungary Empire at Adrianople. He was well acquainted with Balkan affairs and had cultivated an intellectual interest in cartography. He made use of previous maps and official reports of populations by Austrian and Bulgarian offices.
http://kroraina.com/makedonija/Karti.../british42.jpg
British P.C.G.N. (1942). The Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use produced this map in 1942. The method used was a simple shading of linguistic zones.
http://kroraina.com/makedonija/Karti/Ethno/kiepert.jpg
Map of H. Kiepert, German (1876). Kiepert was a professor at the University of Berlin. He had knowledge of Balkan history. He also inquired in official sources in Istanbul and was influenced by the Greek historian P. Aravantinos (1856-7).
http://kroraina.com/makedonija/Karti/Ethno/lejean.jpg
Map of G. Lejean, French (1861). Lejean was sent in a journey to the Ottoman Empire to gather information for the French government. His observances of the ethnic composition of the areas he visited produced this map.
http://kroraina.com/makedonija/Karti...dosteuropa.jpg
Racial map of central and South Europe. Taken from F. W. Putzgers Historischer Schul-Atlas, 1905
http://kroraina.com/makedonija/Karti...veni-karta.jpg
Etnographical map of Slavs, end of 19th beginning of 20th century.
http://kroraina.com/makedonija/Karti...achenkarte.jpg
German map of the peoples and languages of Europe, end of 19th century
http://kroraina.com/makedonija/Karti...ographical.jpg
Ethnographical map of Turkey in Europe, 19th century
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Sup Bugarash/Dusan
The bets are on ladies and gentlemen, which Bulgarian member didn't have the balls to say this in face and made a clone account?
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Nice maps, good work forsaken. :D
Hello friends, thanks for the warm welcome. :)