Countries South of the Caucasus in Medieval Maps: Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Countries South of the Caucasus in Medieval Maps: Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan

The present volume is the result of his studies and research on medieval western and Islamic maps of the region south of the Caucasus.

During the first decade of the twenty first century the European Union began implementing a program entitled "European Neighbourhood Policy". Through this program the EU has been trying to create a "Ring of Friends", who could be reliable and friendly neighbours at all times.

This book is aiming to inform the western reader about the history and geography of three countries lying south of the Caucasus, which may soon become part of these neighbours. The book is a study of maps made during the years 350 to 1350, thus providing an important window looking into the geopolitics of this area.

The maps depicted and discussed in the book come from the medieval western religious and non-religious sources, Islamic, as well as rare Syriac and Armenian medieval manuscripts. The originals of these maps are kept in various well-known libraries and museums and occupy important places in our cartographic heritage.

The very existence of all these images collected and displayed in a single volume represents a rare and enjoyable sight

Rouben Galichian was born in Tabriz, Iran, to a family of immigrant Armenians who had fled Van in 1915 and arrived in Iran via Armenia, Georgia and France. After attending school in Tehran he received a scholarship to study in the UK and graduated from the University of Aston, Birmingham, in engineering. His interest in geography and cartography started early in life but he began seriously studying this subject in 1970's. In 1981 he moved to London with his family, where he had access to a huge variety of cartographic materials. His first book entitled "Historic Maps of Armenia. The Cartographic Heritage" became a bestseller in its kind. (I. B Tauris, London, 2004.)