Historic Maps of Armenia : The Cartographic Heritage

Review
"This will undoubtedly fill an important gap in knowledge on the representation of Armenia and the whole Near East."--Claude Mutafian, Sorbonne

"The selection of maps shown here, and the essay that accompanies them, prove that antique maps . . . constitute vital and intricate elements at the heart of serious history, science and international trade."--Christopher Walker, author of Visions of Ararat: Writings on Armenia


Review
"This will undoubtedly fill an important gap in knowledge on the representation of Armenia and the whole Near East."--Claude Mutafian, Sorbonne

"The selection of maps shown here, and the essay that accompanies them, prove that antique maps . . . constitute vital and intricate elements at the heart of serious history, science and international trade."--Christopher Walker, author of Visions of Ararat: Writings on Armenia


Review
"This will undoubtedly fill an important gap in knowledge on the representation of Armenia and the whole Near East."--Claude Mutafian, Sorbonne

"The selection of maps shown here, and the essay that accompanies them, prove that antique maps . . . constitute vital and intricate elements at the heart of serious history, science and international trade."--Christopher Walker, author of Visions of Ararat: Writings on Armenia


Book Description
This book, for the first time, brings together an extraordinary collection of maps from the earliest times into the modern era. It reproduces the most important representations of Armenia, from the oldest known version--a Babylonian clay tablet of the 6th Century BC--to the renderings of Greek and Alexandrian cartographers, the early Christian maps as well as versions from Ottoman and other Islamic centers. Among the identified 16th and 17th Century European maps the book includes works by Martin Waldseemuller, Sebastian Munster, Gerardus Mercator, Abraham Ortelius, and others. In assembling the cartographic treasures in this book, Rouben Galichian has obtained maps from the British Library, the British Museum, the Biblioteque National de France, Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, the Library of Congress, the University of Bologna, the John Rylands Library and other sources.


About the Author
Rouben Galichian is a private scholar and collector, who over a lifetime has become a specialist of maps of Armenia.



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"Armenia as a cultural and political entity has existed for over 3,000 years. Buffeted for the last 1,000 years between Russians, Turks, Persians and the various peoples of the Caucasus, Armenians have remarkably survived the looming presence of much more powerful neighbours. The existence of the country has been recorded by map-makers since the beginnings of cartography - including the various configurations of the borders of the Armenian homeland which have shifted backwards and forwards with the political fortunes of its peoples." "This book brings together a collection of maps from the earliest times into the modern era. It reproduces the most important representations of Armenia, from the oldest known version - a Babylonian clay tablet of the sixth century BC - to the renderings of Greek and Alexandrian cartographers, the early Christian maps as well as versions from Ottoman and other Islamic centres. Among the identified sixteenth and seventeenth century European maps, this book includes works by Martin Waldseemuller, Sebastian Munster, Gerardus Mercator, Abraham Ortelius, Willem Janszoon Blaeu and his son Joan, John Senex, Nicolas Sanson and Guillaume DeLisle." Rouben Galichian has included maps from the British Library, the British Museum, the Biblioteque Nationale de France, the Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Bayerische Staatsbibliotheck, the Library of Congress, the University of Bologna, the John Rylands Library and other sources. With his detailed descriptions of the 127 maps appearing here and his introductory text, the author has produced a work of reference, a tool to all who follow the history of Armenia, the Caucasus, the Ottoman and Iranian worlds, as well as to collectors and enthusiasts of cartography.


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