This image — labelled “Map of Palestine, 1828” — is not an authentic historical map from 1828 but a modern creation designed to give the impression of one.
Rebuttal
1.No 1828 Map Named “Palestine” Exists in This Form
In 1828, the land shown here was part of the Ottoman Empire, specifically the Vilayets (provinces) of Sidon, Beirut, and Damascus, and the Sanjak (district) of Jerusalem. There was no political or administrative entity called “Palestine” at that time.
2.Town Names Are Modern or Anachronistic
•The Arabic spellings and transliterations such as “Qalqlya” and “Ramallah” reflect modern orthography not used in 19th-century cartography.
•Some of these towns existed historically but would not appear in that spelling or in that typeface on maps from the 1820s.
•The label “Negev” is a 20th-century usage, popularised after the British Mandate period, not by the Ottomans.
3.Cartographic Evidence
Verified maps from the early 19th century — for example, by Jacotin (1799–1801) for Napoleon’s survey or by Heinrich Kiepert (1841–1845) — show the region under Ottoman administrative divisions and label the area variously as “Holy Land”, “Southern Syria”, or “Palestine” in a broad geographical sense, not as a defined state.
4.Purpose and Context
Such maps circulate today mainly in online discussions to assert continuous Palestinian national identity before the British Mandate. While Palestinian Arabs indeed lived throughout the region for centuries, this specific map is ahistorical — it uses modern design and nomenclature to evoke a past political unity that did not exist under that name in 1828.
Conclusion:
This “Map of Palestine 1828” is a modern illustrative or propagandistic map, not a genuine artefact from the period. Authentic 1820s maps show the area as Ottoman Syria, with districts like Jerusalem, Acre, and Gaza, but no separate country called “Palestine.”