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DescriptionMap of Colchis, Iberia, Albania, and the neighbouring countries ca 1770.jpg
English: "A Map of Colchis, Iberia, Albania, and the neighbouring countries". A map of the Caucasus / Crimea (Chersonesus Tauricus)/ southern Russia region during classical antiquity (the ancient period). Note that the "Albania" referred to was on the Caspian Sea (not the modern Albania in the Balkans). Copper-engraved map, no publisher or date, London, ca 1770 (or 1729?).
Deutsch: Kaukasus mit Siedlungsgebieten von Sarmaten und Amazonen in der Antike, Kupferstich von ca. 1770
Français : La Colchide, l’Ibérie (orientale), l’Albanie (orientale) et les régions voisines
ქართული: ანტიკური ხანის კოლხეთი, ბერძნულ წყაროებზე დაყრდნობით, დაბეჭდილია ლონდონში, 1770.
Nederlands: Kaart van de Kaukasus, ca. 1770
Русский: «Европейская Сарматия». Карта основана на греческих литературных источниках, напечатана в Лондоне в 1770
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circa 1770
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move approved by: User:Deadstar This image was moved from Image:1729.jpg {{Information |Description = "A Map of Colchis, Iberia, Albania, and the neighbouring countries". A map of the Caucasus / Crimea / southern Russia region during classical
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