O‘rtа аsrlаrdаgi O‘zbekiston xаritаsi

Аннотация

The article discusses the map of Central Asia by the Greek traveler
Vasilios Vatatzis, “Charta, in qua cruditis spectanda exhibeteur pas
Asiae […] Tabula Maris Caspii et Maris Aral” (“Map of the Caspian Sea and
the Aral Sea”), published in London in 1732. The original manuscript copy
of this unique bilingual map, which is very rich in inscriptions in Greek
and Latin, is stored in the maps collection of The Royal Geographic Society
in Great Britain. Vasilios Vatatzis traveled through Central Asia in 1727-
1730 and wrote a travelogue in Greek. In one of the issues of the journal
last year, we talked about this travelogue and the information in it. The
annotations provided on this map fully confirm the information given in
the travelogue and clarify the information in some places. At the same
time, the map serves as a separate and independent source.