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United Armenia In The Illustrations Of Charles Defrémery

Back in the 19th century, Western European authors called “Eastern Anatolia” Armenia or Western Armenia.

Below are illustrations from the book of the French orientalist Charles Defrémery “Voyages d’Ibn-Bartoutah dans la Perse, l’Asie Centrale et l’Asie Mineure” of 1853-1859. The author illustrated Eastern and Western Armenia as a single Armenia.

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Vigen Avetisyan

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