This mid-19th-century steel-engraved map by Alvin Jewett Johnson depicts the expanse of the Middle East, covering Turkey in Asia (Ottoman Empire), Persia (Iran), the Arabian Peninsula, Afghanistan, Beloochistan, and portions of Northeast Africa including Egypt and Abyssinia. Regional and provincial boundaries are defined with original hand-applied watercolor washes. Topographical features such as mountain ranges, deserts, rivers, and coastal details are intricately rendered with traditional hachuring. The lower corners of the map feature two detailed vignette engravings showing historic harbor views of Trebizond (Trabzon) on the left and Smyrna (Izmir) on the right. The entire sheet is framed by Johnson's iconic geometric fretwork border, characteristic of his popular family atlases published in New York during the 1860s.