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Map Economic Map of Georgia. Carte économique de la Géorgie

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Title

  • Economic Map of Georgia.

Other Title

  • Carte économique de la Géorgie

Summary

  • This economic map of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in French was produced in 1918, the year in which Georgia declared its independence from the Russian Empire under a social democratic government. The map shows the borders of the new republic with Circassia (the Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus) in the north, Turkey and the Republic of Armenia in the south, and Azerbaijan in the southeast. Also shown are towns and villages, ports, railroads, and the ferries linking the Black Sea port of Batoum (present-day Batumi) to Odessa (present-day Ukraine) and Novorossiysk (present-day Russian Federation). Colors and shading are used to show the different agricultural regions in the country, which include pasturage, forested regions, regions of viniculture and orchards, areas of grain production, and areas of specialized cultivation. The latter (listed in the table at the lower left and identified by region) include a great variety of crops, for example, tobacco, tea, mulberries (for silk production), nuts, decorative plants, and several others. Symbols indicate mines and quarries producing minerals of different types, including copper, lead, zinc, antimony, iron, gold, coal, naphtha, and other products. Relief is shown by spot elevations in meters. Two distance scales are provided, versts and kilometers. In 1921 the Red Army invaded Georgia, and it became a Soviet socialist republic, once again under Russian domination. Georgia became an independent state in 1991, following the breakup of the Soviet Union.

Names

  • Babet, Victor Creator.
  • Lobrot (Firm) Engraver.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : Georgian Bureau of Information, 1918.

Headings

  • -  Georgia
  • -  1918
  • -  Agriculture
  • -  Economics
  • -  Farm produce
  • -  Mines and mineral resources
  • -  Tea industry
  • -  Tobacco industry

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Scale 1:1,680,000"--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 map : color ; 45 x 61 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries.
  • -  Content in French and Georgian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668661

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Babet, Victor Creator, and Lobrot Engraver. Economic Map of Georgia. [place of publication not identified: Georgian Bureau of Information, 1918] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668661/.

APA citation style:

Babet, V. C. & Lobrot Engraver. (1918) Economic Map of Georgia. [place of publication not identified: Georgian Bureau of Information] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668661/.

MLA citation style:

Babet, Victor Creator, and Lobrot Engraver. Economic Map of Georgia. [place of publication not identified: Georgian Bureau of Information, 1918] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668661/>.