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The Babylonian clay tablet
Title: The Babylonian clay tablet, the oldest world map known to us Date: Sixth century BC - Unger Eckhard - From the Cosmos Picture to the World map - Imago Mundi, Vol.II, pp.1 to 7, London, 1937 Size app. 8x12.5 cm British Museum - London, Near Eastern
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The Babylonian clay tablet
Title: The Babylonian clay tablet, the oldest world map known to us Date: Sixth century BC Unger Eckhard - From the Cosmos Picture to the World map - Imago Mundi, Vol.II, pp.1 to 7, London, 1937 Size app. 8x12.5 cm British Museum - London, Near Eastern
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Oikumene. Reconstruction of the description of Herodotus
Title: oikumene. Reconstruction of the description of Herodotus Date: c. 450 BC Author: Reconstruction by John Murray of London, drown by Z. Khanzadian.
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Tartaria & Asistic Sarmatia
Title: Tartaria & Asistic Sarmatia Date: dated 1544-45 From "Cosmographia", printed in Basle Author: Sebastian Münster (1489-1552)
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Russia, Tartaria and part of Europe and Asia, atlas of Battista Agnese (d. 1564)
Title: Russia, Tartaria and part of Europe and Asia Date: 1553 Author: Battista Agnese
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World Mirror
Title: World Mirror Date: early medieval period Author: The map accompanies the printed text of the Latin and Armenian edition of Movses Khorenatsi's "History of Armenia", which also incorporates the geographical text called "Ashkharhatsouyts" (World Mirror) attributed here to Movses Khorenatsi. Latin translation is by William and George Whiston and the book was published in 1736, in London
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Armenia Maior (in Latin)
Title: Armenia Maior Date: 1658 Author: Nicholas Sanson (1600-67)
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Caspian Sea
Title: A new map of the Caspian Sea and the countries adjacent, made by the order of the late Czar Date: c. 1742, London Author: John Senex
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Caspian Sea (shows the area of Armenia in detail)
Title: A new map of the Caspian Sea and the countries adjacent, made by the order of the late Czar Date: c. 1742, London Author: John Senex
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"Map of the Early Ages of the World"
Title: "Map of the Early Ages of the World" Date: 1762 Author: Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1768)
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The map of Armenia, Georgia and the neighbouring countries
Title: The map of Armenia, Georgia and the neighbouring countries Date: 1764 Author: Jacques N. Bellin (1703-72) Published in Volume 3 of "Petit Atlas Maritime"
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A Map of the Terrestrial Paradise
Title: A Map of the Terrestrial Paradise Date: c. 1780 Author: Emmanuel Bowwen (fl. 11714-67)
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Armenian-language map of the "Ottoman Empire"
Title: "Ottoman Empire" Date: 1787. Printed in the Armenian Monastery of San Lazzaro in Venice
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Map of the Mediterranean from the Ottoman "World Atlas"
Title: Map of the Mediterranean Date: 1803-4, Üsküdar Author: Translation of William Faden's (1750-1836) "General Atlas" published in London in 1797
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Map of the Mediterranean from the Ottoman "World Atlas", (Armenia in detail)
Title: Map of the Mediterranean Date: 1803-4, Üsküdar Author: translation of William Faden's (1750-1836) "General Atlas" published in London in 1797
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"Turkey in Asia" from the Ottoman "World Atlas"
Title: Turkey in Asia Date: 1803-4, Üsküdar (one of the districts of Istanbul) Author: translation of William Faden's (1750-1836) "General Atlas" published in London in 1797
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"Turkey in Asia" from the Ottoman "World Atlas" (Armenia in detail)
Title: Turkey in Asia Date: 1803-4, Üsküdar (one of the districts of Istanbul) Author: translation of William Faden's (1750-1836) "General Atlas" published in London in 1797
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World map according to Posidonius (150-130 B.C.)
Title: Posidonius' World Map Date: 150-130 B.C. Author: Posidonius (Petrus Bertius)
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Reconstruction of the Orbis Terrarum (20 A.D.)
Title: Orbis Terrarum Date: A.D. 20 Author: Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (this map only exists as reconstruction)
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Reconstruction of the world map according to Dionysius (124 A.D.)
Title: Dionysius Periegetes' World Map Date: A.D. 124 Author: Dionysius Periegetes ( this map exists only as a reconstruction )
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World map from Ptolemy, Geographia. Freiburg: Joannes Schott, 1503
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. University Libraries. James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota
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World map from Ptolemy, Geographia. Freiburg: Joannes Schott, 1503, (Fragment)
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. University Libraries. James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota
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World map from Ptolemy, Geographia, edited by Lorenz Fries. Strassburg: J. Grueninger, 1522
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. University Libraries. James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota
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World map from Ptolemy, Geographia, edited by Lorenz Fries. Strassburg: J. Grueninger, 1522, (Fragment)
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. University Libraries. James Ford Bell Library, University of Minnesota
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Tabula Asiae Minoris, 1525, Strasbourg
Map Maker: Martin Waldseemüller Description: Rare woodblock map of Cyprus and Anatolia, or Western Turkey, with some of the adjacent islands. There are graduations of latitude on the eastern and western borders and below is a scale-bar (about 90 Italian miles to the inch). The title appears on a scroll above the map and, on the verso, descriptive text in Latin headed "Tabula Moder. Asiae Minoris", contained within two large panels surrounded by elaborate illuminations. A rare example of early woodblock cartography. A near fine example with wide margins.
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Tabula Asiae III (Black & Capian Sea Region), 1552, Basle
Map Maker: Sebastien Münster Description: Excellent example of Munster's Ptolemaic map of the region between the Black Sea and Caspian Sea extending south to include all of Armenia Maior and part of Armenia Minoris. Shows Noahs Arc in the Caspian Sea, believed to have come to rest in a mountain in Armenia according to the map. Shows Armenia Maior, Iberia, Albania, Colchis, Porte Albanie, the Euphratis River, the Tigris, Assyriae, and many other place names in the cradle of civilization.
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Sarmatia Asie, 1579, Basle
Map Maker: Sebastian Münster Description: Detailed map of the region from the Volga and the Caspian to the Black Sea, extending North of the Caucus Mountains to Deuina and Uglitz. Also shows the Don and the Euphrates. Munster's Cosmography was one of the most influential georgraphical works of the 16th Century. It was published in a number of editions over a half century and was continuously revised and updated to include new illustrations and updated information.
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L'Armenie, la Georgie, et le Daghistan, 1720, Paris
Map Maker: Guillaume De L'Isle Description: One of the most detailed maps of the region ever to appear in a commercial atlas. Shows Armenia and Georgia in remarkable detail, including towns, rivers, valleys, mountains, battle sites, walled cities, nomadic camps, lakes, etc. An important addition to any collection of this region.
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270 year old Map engraved on copper by j. Clark (British engraver) published in 1729 by Woodward & Peele, London; for Catrou & Rouille's Roman History.
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270 year old Map engraved on copper by j. Clark (British engraver) published in 1729 by Woodward
Peele, London; for Catrou & Rouille's Roman History.
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