With this abridged
and revised new edition of his critically acclaimed large-format study,
Rouben Galichian shows the continuous geographical presence of Armenia
via a number of historically important maps. All these maps were
prepared by the highest cartographic and geographic authorities of
their time and constitute a vital part of the world cartographic
heritage. The Preface is by Christopher Walker.
Here we can see the most ancient world map, where Armenia (the land of
Ararat or Urartu) is mentioned, moving on to the maps of Greek and
Alexandrian geographers and medieval Islamic and Christian authors,
continuing to the Renaissance and modern times. A brief description of
the history of cartography leads to the map section, where the reader
will observe that the country called ‘Armenia’ is situated in the area
sometimes called the Armenian Highlands or Plateau, roughly in the
geographical area south of the Caucasus range of mountains and east of
Asia Minor or Anatolia, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
- 112pp • ILLUSTRATED with 73 colour maps
Published
by Bennett & Bloom, 2014
Praise for the original edition…
“The book presents an extraordinary collection of maps of an area which
has played an extremely important role in the geopolitical relationship
between East and West.” —Patrizia Licini, Bollettino della Societą Geografica Italiana
“This beautiful publication fills a serious lacuna in Armenian studies
and is a welcome addition to the growing number of atlases of Armenia
currently available.” —Robert H. Hewsen, Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies
“This will undoubtedly fill an important gap in our knowledge on the representation of Armenia and the whole Near East.” —Claude Mutafian, historian
About the author
ROUBEN GALICHIAN was born in
Tabriz, Iran, to a family of immigrant Armenians who fled Van in 1915
to escape the Genocide. His books include Clash of Histories in the
South Caucasus: Redrawing the Map of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Iran
(2013), Countries South of the Caucasus in Medieval Maps: Armenia,
Georgia and Azerbaijan (2007), and The Invention of History:
Azerbaijan, Armenia, and the Showcasing of Imaginations (2009/2010),
which documents Nagorno-Karabakh. For his services to Armenian
historical cartography, Galichian was awarded in 2008 an Honorary
Doctorate by the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. In 2009 he
was the recipient of Armenia’s Vazgen I Cultural Achievements Medal. He
shares his time between London and Yerevan.ents Medal. He is married and shares his time between London and Yerevan. |