Macedonian Maps

[Liberator of Makedonija]

Map of Macedonia printed in 1872 in Athens

Yeah I've seen this one do the rounds on social media recently. Few people drew attention to the naming of Greece in this image which doesn't seem to say 'Ellada' or at least not clearly.

[Amphipolis]

Yeah I've seen this one do the rounds on social media recently. Few people drew attention to the naming of Greece in this image which doesn't seem to say 'Ellada' or at least not clearly.

It does say "Ellada" but this can't be from 1872. Thessaly became Greece only in 1888 and this looks like the Albanian and Bulgarian borders after the First Balkan War. The fonts are also rather modern.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISRd-zKVe_s

This was published here:

http://misterija-m.blogspot.com/

[CaptainAwesome]

Is the above map with Macedonia on it fake? We need to know the origins of it.

[Karposh]

Is the above map with Macedonia on it fake? We need to know the origins of it.

It's fake. Amphipolis was right about Thessaly but my first clue was the division lines around Lake Ohrid and Prespa. I'm not entirely certain but the small chunk of territory surrounding the western sides of Lake Ohrid and Prespa didn't end up as part of Albania until sometime in the early 1920's.