Caucasus

Original antique maps of the Caucasus — comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia — dating from the 16th to the 20th century, documenting a strategically important region at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.

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Antique maps of the Caucasus reflect the region’s complex position between competing empires — Ottoman, Persian and Russian — across several centuries of cartographic history. Early European representations drew on classical sources and travellers’ accounts to depict the Caucasian mountain range and the lands to its south, often with considerable geographic uncertainty regarding interior regions and tribal territories.

As Russian imperial expansion brought the Caucasus under closer scrutiny in the 18th and 19th centuries, cartographic accuracy improved significantly. Maps produced by Russian military surveyors, as well as British and French cartographers with strategic interests in the region, document the gradual clarification of boundaries, the charting of river systems and the recording of historic cities including Tbilisi, Yerevan and Baku.

Original antique maps of the Caucasus are comparatively rare and highly valued by collectors interested in the cartographic history of this distinctive and historically layered region.

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