Ptolemy, 2nd Cent.


Cosmographia. Ulm, Lienhart Halle, 1482.

Tertia Asie tabula continet Colchide, Iberia, Albania & maiorem Armenia.

In his third map of Asia Ptolemy locates the countries of Colchis, Iberia, and Albania between the Black and Caspian seas, with Armenia lying to the south of them. This is the Caucasis Mountain region of the former Russian empire and Soviet Union.