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1686 – Armenia seu Turcomania Georgia Commania

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Latina: 1686: “Armenia seu Turcomania Georgia Commania”
English: In the landscape illustration surrounding the map, capital letters identify some of the depicted geographic objects, corresponding to short German texts in the top corners of the sheet:
  • A. „Die Stadt und vestung Eruan in Persien“ – The town and fortress of Eruan in Persia
  • B. „Vorstatt so die Armenische Christen bewohnen“ – Suburb inhabited by the Armenian Christians
  • C. „Kirche“ – Church
  • D. „Land Straße der Caravanen oder Reisenden Gesellschaften“ – Country road of the caravans or travelling companies
  • E. „Das die Wolken übersteigende Gebürg Ararat, auf welchem sich die Arche Noe nach der Sündflutt nider gelassen haben solle in dessen Thälern ligen sehr vil Klöster.“ – Mount Ararat, reaching higher than the clouds, where Noah’s Ark is said to have landed after the flood. In its valleys, there are very many monasteries.
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Source https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/67443/armenia-seu-turcomania-georgia-commania-wagner
Author Johann Christoph Wagner, Augsburg (publisher). – Melchior Haffner (engraver).

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