Rouben Galichian (Galchian) was born in Tabriz, Iran, to a family Author’s other book published in English of immigrant Armenians who had fled Van in 1915, escaping the Genocide and arriving in Iran via Armenia, Georgia and France. After attending school in Tehran, Rouben received a scholarship to study in the UK and graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Aston in Birmingham . Historic Maps of Armenia. The cartographic Heritage, in 1963. Rouben’s interest in geography and cartography started in I.B. Tauris London and New York, 2004. early life, but he began seriously studying the subject in 1970s. In 1980 he moved to London with his family, where he had access to extensive . Countries South of the Caucasus in Medieval Maps; cartographic material in the libraries. Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, Gomidas His first book entitled Historic Maps of Armenia: The Cartographic Rouben Galichian is a researcher of the Institute, London, 2007. Heritage was published in 2004, followed by its Russian and Armenian . The Invention of History: Azerbaijan, Armenia and translations in 2005. His next book entitled Countries South of the cartography and cultural history of the region of the Caucasus in Medieval Maps: Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan was the showcasing of Imagination, Gomidas Institute, published in 2007. He then turned his attention to the cultural and South Caucasus, with a particular focus on the Republics of Armenia, London, 2009 and 2010. historic problems between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the result of which were two volumes. The Invention of History: Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Azerbaijan and Turkey. Showcasing of Imagination (2009 and 2010), which was translated into . Clash of Histories in the South Caucasus: Redrawing Russian, Armenian and Persian. This was followed up by a scholarly the Maps of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Bennett study of the same problem, Clash of Histories in the South Caucasus: & Bloom, London, 2012. Redrawing the Maps of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran (2012) – the Russian Armenia, as a Christian country, has been a thorn wedged between its two Turkic translation was published in 2013, with the Persian version in 2015 . Historic Maps of Armenia, Abridged and updated, and the Armenian version in 2017. neighbours, the Republics of Azerbaijan and Turkey. This geographic fact has been the Bennett & Bloom, London, 2014. In 2014 Rouben published the abridged version of the Historic cause of many cultural, political and ethnographic problems arising from it. Following . Armenia in the World Cartography, tri-lingual luxury Maps of Armenia. The Armenian version entitled Armenia in Others’ volume, published by special order, 2015. Maps was published in 2018. In 2015, on the occasion of the 100th the aims of creating a Pan-Turkic belt of countries stretching from Europe to Central anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the large, luxury trilingual . Glance into the History of Armenia through volume Armenia in the World Cartography was published by special order Asia, efforts were made by the Ottoman Turkey to eliminate the presence of Christian of Archbishop Yezras Nersisyan of Moscow. The same year saw the Cartographic Records, Bennett & Bloom, London, publication of A Glance into the History of Armenia through Cartographic Armenians from the region. After independence the authorities of the Republic of 2015. Records, which accompanied an exhibition of 60 selected maps, exhibited in many countries. Azerbaijan have taken this policy to the extreme. These policies have given rise to call the . History of the Armenian Cartography up to year 1918, Bennett & Bloom, London, 2017. In 2017 he published History of Armenian Cartography up to the Armenians as newcomers in their historic homeland, where they have lived for over Year 1918, in two separate English and Armenian versions. For his services to Armenian historical cartography Rouben was two and half millennia. Every efforts has been made to either appropriate or to awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia in 2008, and in 2013 he was the recipient of the Movses demolish Armenian historical monuments. False claims and theories have Khorenatsi Presidential Medal for outstanding achievements in the sphere of culture. caused many historical and cultural paradoxes, some of which are addressed in this volume. To this end all the materials Inside front cover - part of Western Asia from Ptolemy’s World Map of 1482. Rouben is married and used have been mainly taken from spends his time in London and Yerevan. non-Armenian sources. Inside rear cover - part of Kiepert’s Map of the Middle east, 1880s. For other details see author's website www.roubengalichian.com www.zangak.am, www.book.am Rouben Galichian (Galchian) was born in Tabriz, Iran, to a family Author’s other book published in English of immigrant Armenians who had fled Van in 1915, escaping the Genocide and arriving in Iran via Armenia, Georgia and France. After attending school in Tehran, Rouben received a scholarship to study in the UK and graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Aston in Birmingham . Historic Maps of Armenia. The cartographic Heritage, in 1963. Rouben’s interest in geography and cartography started in I.B. Tauris London and New York, 2004. early life, but he began seriously studying the subject in 1970s. In 1980 he moved to London with his family, where he had access to extensive . Countries South of the Caucasus in Medieval Maps; cartographic material in the libraries. Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan, Gomidas His first book entitled Historic Maps of Armenia: The Cartographic Rouben Galichian is a researcher of the Institute, London, 2007. Heritage was published in 2004, followed by its Russian and Armenian . The Invention of History: Azerbaijan, Armenia and translations in 2005. His next book entitled Countries South of the cartography and cultural history of the region of the Caucasus in Medieval Maps: Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan was the showcasing of Imagination, Gomidas Institute, published in 2007. He then turned his attention to the cultural and South Caucasus, with a particular focus on the Republics of Armenia, London, 2009 and 2010. historic problems between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the result of which were two volumes. The Invention of History: Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Azerbaijan and Turkey. Showcasing of Imagination (2009 and 2010), which was translated into . Clash of Histories in the South Caucasus: Redrawing Russian, Armenian and Persian. This was followed up by a scholarly the Maps of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Bennett study of the same problem, Clash of Histories in the South Caucasus: & Bloom, London, 2012. Redrawing the Maps of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran (2012) – the Russian Armenia, as a Christian country, has been a thorn wedged between its two Turkic translation was published in 2013, with the Persian version in 2015 . Historic Maps of Armenia, Abridged and updated, and the Armenian version in 2017. neighbours, the Republics of Azerbaijan and Turkey. This geographic fact has been the Bennett & Bloom, London, 2014. In 2014 Rouben published the abridged version of the Historic cause of many cultural, political and ethnographic problems arising from it. Following . Armenia in the World Cartography, tri-lingual luxury Maps of Armenia. The Armenian version entitled Armenia in Others’ volume, published by special order, 2015. Maps was published in 2018. In 2015, on the occasion of the 100th the aims of creating a Pan-Turkic belt of countries stretching from Europe to Central anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the large, luxury trilingual . Glance into the History of Armenia through volume Armenia in the World Cartography was published by special order Asia, efforts were made by the Ottoman Turkey to eliminate the presence of Christian of Archbishop Yezras Nersisyan of Moscow. The same year saw the Cartographic Records, Bennett & Bloom, London, publication of A Glance into the History of Armenia through Cartographic Armenians from the region. After independence the authorities of the Republic of 2015. Records, which accompanied an exhibition of 60 selected maps, exhibited in many countries. Azerbaijan have taken this policy to the extreme. These policies have given rise to call the . History of the Armenian Cartography up to year 1918, Bennett & Bloom, London, 2017. In 2017 he published History of Armenian Cartography up to the Armenians as newcomers in their historic homeland, where they have lived for over Year 1918, in two separate English and Armenian versions. For his services to Armenian historical cartography Rouben was two and half millennia. Every efforts has been made to either appropriate or to awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia in 2008, and in 2013 he was the recipient of the Movses demolish Armenian historical monuments. False claims and theories have Khorenatsi Presidential Medal for outstanding achievements in the sphere of culture. caused many historical and cultural paradoxes, some of which are addressed in this volume. To this end all the materials Inside front cover - part of Western Asia from Ptolemy’s World Map of 1482. Rouben is married and used have been mainly taken from spends his time in London and Yerevan. non-Armenian sources. Inside rear cover - part of Kiepert’s Map of the Middle east, 1880s. For other details see author's website www.roubengalichian.com