Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Georgia has a rich tradition of atlas cartography.In 2013, the historical-geographical work "Geography of Georgia" by the 18th century historian, geographer and cartographer Vakhushti Bagrationi and the Atlas of Georgia were included in the UNESCO World Memory Register Tatashidze (1997).Vakhushti Bagrationi (1698-1757), the son of King Vakhtang VI of Georgia, was a historian, geographer, cartographer, translator, lexicographer.In addition to the Georgian language, he also knew Greek, Latin, French, Turkish, Armenian and Russian.He was involved in state activities -participated in topographical planning, drawing up maps.Since 1724, during his emigration in Moscow, he compiled three atlases of Georgia, which are distinguished by the abundance of geographical and historical objects.Europe got to know about Georgia through Vakhushti's 1735 atlas, which was translated into French by the French geographer and cartographer Joseph Delil.Vakhushti's maps were used by European countries in the process of searching for trade routes to Asian countries.Vakhushti Bagrationi is the first Georgian researcher of European style.He is considered as the founder of Georgian historical and geographical sciences.How we implemented it -traditional and modern innovations were combined, research detailing increased.For example, one part of the main branch of the economy of Kakheti, viticulture and winemaking -wine cellars, as agro-
Source: Abstracts of the ICA
Language: English
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4402119850