ican - American ▁dent ists ▁Category : 1 9 1 9 ▁birth s ▁Category : 2 0 1 1 ▁death s <0x0A> </s> ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁and ▁ 1 9 th ▁centuries , ▁Car am ania ▁( or ▁Kar am ania ) ▁was ▁an ▁ex onym ▁used ▁by ▁Europe ans ▁for ▁the ▁southern ▁( Med iter rane an ) ▁coast ▁of ▁An atol ia , ▁then ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Empire ▁( current ▁Turkey ). ▁It ▁can ▁also ▁refer ▁to ▁the ▁general ▁south ▁central ▁An atol ian ▁region , ▁whose ▁name ▁is ▁reflected ▁on ▁the ▁modern ▁town ▁of ▁Kar aman . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁names ake ▁of ▁the ▁larger ▁Kar aman ▁Province ▁of ▁Turkey , ▁the ▁historical ▁Kar aman ▁E y alet ▁of ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Empire , ▁the ▁medieval ▁Turkish ▁Kar aman ids ▁dynast y ▁and ▁state ▁from ▁the ▁region , ▁and ▁the ▁Kar aman l ides , ▁a ▁Turkish - spe aking ▁Orth odox ▁Christian ▁group ▁originally ▁from ▁the ▁area . ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 1 – 1 2 , ▁Francis ▁Beau fort , ▁then ▁the ▁captain ▁of ▁ ▁in ▁the ▁British ▁Navy , ▁was ▁task ed ▁with ▁mapping ▁the ▁Mediter rane an ▁coast ▁of ▁An atol ia . ▁In ▁ 1 8 1 7 , ▁he ▁published ▁a ▁book ▁about ▁his ▁services , ▁named ▁▁ ▁Br ief ▁description ▁of ▁the ▁south ▁coast ▁of ▁Asia - Min or ▁and ▁of ▁the ▁remains ▁of ▁anti qu ity . ▁With ▁plans , ▁views