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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. 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, which includes 73 maps in colour. ***** 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, right from the time when it was part of the Achaemenid Empire of Iran before the time of Alexander the Great. The most ancient map of Armenia available to us dates back to 600 CE - a clay tablet made in Babylon, which shows the whole world surrounded by the sea.' (Patrizia Licini, Bollettino della Societ Geografica Italiana) * 'This beautiful volume will undoubtedly interest and be useful to all those who are interested in Armenia.' (Peter Barber, former director of the Maps Library, British Library) * '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. Galichian's book is the result of some thirty years of collecting maps as well as years of research in the British Library and in the Bibliothque Nationale in Paris and elsewhere. The book naturally contains only a sampling of the many maps made in the past that include all or part of Armenia.' (Robert H