BULGARIA IN THE EUROPEAN CARTOGRAPHIC CONCEPTS UNTIL XIX CENTURY - Atanas Orachev (scientific research)
ISBN 954-500-135-6
Printed in: 2005, Czech Republic
Pages: 143 pp., hard cover
Language: English
Size: 23 cm x 27 cm ( 9'' x 10,6")
Lots of colorful maps and other illustrations
The main subject of Dr. Atanas Orachev’s book “Bulgaria in the European cartographic concepts” covers one of Augustus’ ideas laid down in the first European map. It addresses both Bulgarian citizens and their children around the world with information on Bulgaria preserved even after the 15th c. when Bulgaria was conquered by the Ottoman Turks and in the following 5 centuries, until 1878, when the state was included within the borders of the Ottoman Empire. The author inspires in readers his own love for the homeland, his admiration for the deeds of the precursors of scores of generations before our time. He supplies explanations on the changes of its borders as a result of a number of historical events and the role played by remarkable persons even during the many ages before setting up the Bulgarian state.
The author succeeds in showing the reader that the maps should be perceived also as a reflection of the most important or fateful political events and geo political ideas concerning Bulgaria in the background of the Balkan and European history.
Contents:
Preface – 7 p.
Of the logic of the European cartographic concepts of Bulgaria (instead of a foreword) – 9 p.
Bulgaria and the Balkans in the European cartography until 15th c. – 19 p.
Bulgaria and the Black Sea Coast in Sea Cartography – 41 p.
Bulgaria in the European cartography of 16th-19th century – 57 p.
Chronological points of reference/ benchmarks 118 p.
Typology of the medieval maps and charts (Mappae mundi) 136 p.
List of published maps 136 p.
Bibliography 139 p.
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