Historical maps of Georgia

History and historical cartography is one of my hobbies among other things.

In this post, I decided to gather as many historical maps of Georgia as I can find, mainly made by European cartographers. Apart from being my hobby, it is my small contribution to counter the Russian propaganda war against Georgia, and show that the Russian-occupied territories of Georgia belonged to different Georgian, Proto-Georgian, and Kartvelian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartvelian_languages) states since ancient times, long before Russia even existed.

I will update this post whenever I find new maps. I will also provide more detailed description of these maps over time.

Ptolemaic map of Colchis, Iberia, Albania, Armenia. Made by Michel Servet in 1535

Ptolemaic map of Colchis, Iberia, Albania, Armenia. Made by Sebastien Münster in 1552

General map of Georgia and Armenia. Drawn in St. Petersburg in 1738 from the maps, memories, observations and measurements of the locals; translated from Georgian into French by the secretary of the king of Georgia, published in 1766 by M. Joseph Nicolas Del'Isle. This particular version was printed in Venice in 1775 by P. Santini

1844, Antoine Philippe Houze, L'Empire des Perses

Map of Caucasus of ancient times. Printed in 1842

1863

1794, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon D'anville

Ancient map of Armenia, Colchis, Iberia, Albania, etc. The Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography by Samuel Butler, Ernest Rhys, ed. (1907, 1908)