DGW Posted 22 September , 2020 Share Posted 22 September , 2020 Hi, this may appear a strange request but here goes. I am assisting a friend with research on his Great Grandfather who was serving in the US navy aboard USS Scorpion. It spent a couple of years moored alongside Constantinople in a clandestine role of intelligence gathering on behalf of the UK. When the USA joined the war, it became a belligerent power and was interned from 10 April 1917 until the war's end. My request is can anyone suggest where we might be able to obtain a street atlas of Constantinople around this period, street names have changed since then. Any help or suggestions much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heid the Ba Posted 22 September , 2020 Share Posted 22 September , 2020 (edited) How much detail is he looking for? Is it a paper map or online? Edited 22 September , 2020 by Heid the Ba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 22 September , 2020 Share Posted 22 September , 2020 Many maps of Constantinople, but only a handful show (some) streetnames! There's a zoomable map from 1922 here on https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Istanbul-geudik-1922 (You can buy a digital copy for us$ 50..........) And, whilst searching, came across this 1901 map of the Bosporus Straits (click on the map in the Reddit page, and you get a 7MB map, very detailed) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGW Posted 22 September , 2020 Author Share Posted 22 September , 2020 Heid the Ba & JWK - many thanks, an image of the street plan on line would be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 22 September , 2020 Share Posted 22 September , 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, DGW said: Heid the Ba & JWK - many thanks, an image of the street plan on line would be fine. The first link I posted ís an online zoomable street plan? Edited 22 September , 2020 by JWK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaureenE Posted 23 September , 2020 Share Posted 23 September , 2020 (edited) Gallica has some online maps of sectors in Constantinople dated 1923-24 There appear to be 16 maps, consisting of a Legende and sectors 1-14, and 17 1923-24 Maps of sectors of Stamoul, part of Constantinople Author : Jacques Pervititch. Publisher : S.P.I. Fratelli Haïm (Constantinople). gallica.bnf.fr If the link is not permanent, use https://gallica.bnf.fr and Search terms Pervititch Jacques Stamoul 1922 Plan general de la ville de Constantinople Feuille 1: Stamboul; Feuille 2: Skutari; Feuille 3: Pera-Galata maps.princeton.edu (the first map is the same map as posted by JWK in post 3) 1922 Plan d'ensemble de la ville de Constantinople maps.princeton.edu. Same map, published by Guédik-Pacha, library.yale.edu Cheers Maureen Edited 23 September , 2020 by Maureene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGW Posted 23 September , 2020 Author Share Posted 23 September , 2020 JWK - many thanks for posting that zoomable image yes we may be able to work from that, I will see what my friend says. Once again much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGW Posted 24 September , 2020 Author Share Posted 24 September , 2020 Many thanks to everyone for assistance with this thread which has been very useful. The final link if possible is the equivalent detail of an A to Z map showing every street name. particularly in the Galata area. Names were mostly in French at the time but have all changed names now. Once again any help much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KizmeRD Posted 24 September , 2020 Share Posted 24 September , 2020 For those more keenly interested in the activities of USS Scorpion in Constantinople (1914-18) there’s a detailed essay available to read on the internet, written fairly recently by Michal Imbrenda (submitted to the US Naval War College)... https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1102343.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGW Posted 27 September , 2020 Author Share Posted 27 September , 2020 KizmeRD - many thanks for that, yes we had seen this document and most interesting it is. M any thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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