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This is a unique historical source and the forerunner of the modern cadastral register system: the 1832/33 Ottoman property survey of owners, families and occupations, as well as land, crops, buildings, animals and places of worship in Cyprus.
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Through a 19th century historic map, a wealth of information on the geography and culture of Cyprus is brought to life.
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An anonymous cartographer (17th-18th century) recorded 842 placenames, denoting coastal towns, islands, islets, reefs, bays, capes and river estuaries of the Mediterranean basin.
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