NY Times described Macedonia's borders in 1895
In the New York Times article of November 3, 1895 entitled "Unkown Macedonia", we can discover a description of the borders of Macedonia. As an introduction the autor wrote " that practically nothing is known about Macedonia ", this statement can also be transferred to the present day, some things are known about Macedonia, but a lot is not and some is presented in a distorted way by certain parties according to their own opinion. Macedonia's borders are explained in the article on the basis of geographical conditions, the three rivers Vardar, Struma and Bistrica are listed as well as the important mountains such as mount Olymp, Rhodope and Shar-Planina. Unfortunately, the author left out a list of important locations to shape the borders around, but this is obvious from the geographic information. Macedonia is called one of the " most attractive and picturesque landscapes in Europe " by the author, " with magnificent forests, wild rivers, wonde...
