[MEDITERRANEAN / NAVIGATION] Akdeniz kilavuzu: Anadolu, Karaman, Finike ve Kilikya sahilleri; Mermeris fenerinden Payas'a [i.e. Guide to the Mediterranean: Coasts of Anatolia, Karaman, Finike and Cilicia; from Mermeris [sic. Marmaris] lighthouse to Payas]

AHMET RASIM [BARKINAY] (Deniz kaymakami), (1881-1950), Büyük Erkâni Harbiye Reisligi IX. Deniz Sube Yayinlari / Deniz Matbaasi, Istanbul, 1945. COMPLETE TITLE: [MEDITERRANEAN / NAVIGATION] Akdeniz kilavuzu: Anadolu, Karaman, Finike ve Kilikya sahilleri; Mermeris [sic. Marmaris] fenerinden Payas'a kadar. [i.e. Guide to the Mediterranean: Coasts of Anatolia, Karaman, Finike and Cilicia; from Mermeris [sic. Marmaris] lighthouse to Payas]. Original wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [ii], 123 p., 17 folded plates and a huge folded plate at the end showing the legends of nautical charts.Second and the last edition of this superb and very detailed illustrated pilot guide to Mediterranean coasts for vessels and mariners, starting from the Marmaris Lighthouse in Mugla to Payas in Iskenderun, the last Turkish coastline on the East Mediterranean. Barkinay wrote this guide while he was the director of the Marine branch of the General Directorate of the Turkish Mapping & Cartography