I worked on this a bit. I say it is not Mt. Arakai, Japan. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.03645,+139.64470+%28Coordinates%29&iwloc=A&hl=en It's more likely to be India than Australia. Europe is probably the most likely. I think study of the artist and their history may be necessary. Presumably they came over from England?? When you search modern day place names for 'arakale' you get the list below. I checked out most of those and none of them fit well. The one that fit the best is http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.17401,+43.45574+%28Coordinates%29&iwloc=A&hl=en For whatever it is worth, this is a plot of the records below. Most of them are in western Turkey. They probably have nothing to do with your location. http://www.mflan.com/temp/arakale.jpg But your location is probably near a blue shaded area on these maps (or elsewhere in the world). If it is in Australia it is probably on the east coast or in Tasmania: http://www.mflan.com/temp/au.jpg Mike 5031361:605850 Harakålen Harakalen 64.45 20.83333 T HLL SE 23 0 102 Europe/Stockholm 1994-01-14 5394353:309752 Karakale Karakale 39.665 41.90722 P PPL TR 25 0 2076 Europe/Istanbul 2003-05-12 5394354:309753 Karakale Karakale Karakale,Karakale Koyu,Karakale Köyü 39.5 37.96667 P PPL TR TR 58 0 1278 Europe/Istanbul 2011-10-10 5394355:309754 Karakale Karakale 38.82587 41.94041 P PPL TR 49 0 1559 Europe/Istanbul 2003-03-18 5417481:737305 Yukarıkarakale Yukarikarakale 40.15 41.63333 P PPL TR 25 0 2513 Europe/Istanbul 1993-12-18 5419227:739055 Taşlıca Taslica Karakale,Taslica,Taşlıca 40.76278 43.04806 P PPL TR 84 0 2057 Europe/Istanbul 2011-10-10 5419265:739095 Taşbilek Tasbilek Karakale,Kotekkarakale,Kötekkarakale,Tasbilek,Taşbilek 40.15274 42.97237 P PPL TR 84 0 2152 Europe/Istanbul 2011-10-10 5424449:744286 Karakale Karakale Karagale,Karakale,Карагале 41.33896 42.72306 P PPL TR 86 0 2178 Europe/Istanbul 2011-10-10 5424450:744287 Karakale Karakale 41.16412 43.28764 P PPL TR 86 0 2077 Europe/Istanbul 2001-10-01 5424451:744288 Karakale Karakale 40.70512 41.27026 P PPL TR 25 0 1515 Europe/Istanbul 1993-12-18 5424452:744289 Karakale Karakale 40.55638 42.62433 P PPL TR 84 0 2016 Europe/Istanbul 1993-12-18 5424453:744290 Karakale Karakale Karakale,Karakale Koyu,Karakale Köyü 40.47352 43.14593 P PPL TR 84 0 2187 Europe/Istanbul 2011-10-10 5424454:744291 Karakale Karakale 40.46667 43.38333 P PPL TR 84 0 2234 Europe/Istanbul 1993-12-18 5424455:744292 Karakale Karakale Karakale,Karakale Koyu,Karakale Köyü 40.19986 40.95555 P PPL TR 25 0 2302 Europe/Istanbul 2011-10-10 5424456:744293 Karakale Karakale 40.17401 43.45574 P PPL TR 84 0 1763 Europe/Istanbul 1993-12-18 5424457:744294 Karakale Karakale 40.12047 41.62739 P PPL TR 25 0 2255 Europe/Istanbul 1993-12-18 5437398:7510593 Karakale Karakale 40.8576 43.44978 P PPL TR 84 0 1798 Europe/Istanbul 2010-08-14 On 11/29/20 8:44 PM, MAPS-L automatic digest system wrote: > Subject: > Help needed: Map of Arakalee? > From: > Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]> > Date: > 11/29/20, 6:29 PM > > > The National Library of Australia has received an enquiry from someone > who owns a 19^th century oil painting (a fruit-in-a-basket still > life), painted on cardboard with an old map glued to the rear. > > The painting (and map) are 34 x 25.5 cm. > > Sepia-coloured, the map appears to be a photographic reproduction of > an originally pen-and-ink map with possible colour. > > The map (attached) is quite large-scale, and shows a mountain with a > road winding up it. A river flowing from the mountain has a wide > shaded line (originally colour?) that appears to be a boundary (though > the road crosses it twice). > > On both sides of the river are ‘huts’, one group also annotated ‘Arakalee’ > > On the mountain top is a ‘flag staff’ and ‘gun’ (with typical military > symbol). > > The map style suggests 19^th century European military mapping. > > Arakalee is not Maori (so can't be NZ), but suggests possibly > Australia or more likely India to me (Arakali?) > > Can anyone help identify the location? > > Brendan Whyte > > Coordinator, Collection Retrieval and Delivery, > > National Library of Australia >