Principal meridian is Paris. Map shows administrative boundaries (vilayet, sandjaks, cazas); villages, roads; salt mines, forests, and woodlands. Vilayet de Van was a first level administrative division vilayet [province] of the Ottoman Empire. Covers two sandjaks [departments]: 1. Van-- 2. Hekkiari. Original map is filed in the Map/Geospatial Center, a map reproduction is attached to companion volume.