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This category contains the links to maps of different periods in the history.
You choose the listing of the information by clicking on the alphabetical list above. From the resulting list to the left you can either click on a specific name and view the corresponding map or find the ocurrences of the place in the text pages, by clicking on the page numbers.
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Armenia, 16th Century
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Eastern and South-eastern Ottoman Turkey, Late 18th century till late 19th century
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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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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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