YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 28, NOYAN TAPAN. The "Geodesy and Cartography" state non-governmental organization of the Real Property Land Survey attached to the RA Government presented on November 27 40 titles of maps, including RA administrative and physical, Nagorno Karabakh, Transcaucasus maps, to the National Library of Armenia (NLA). Hovsep Petrosian, the "Geodesy and Cartography" NGO Executive Director mentioned that the NLA has a rich cartographic fund. In his words, cartographic materials kept in funds will be studied soon, and new maps will be produced based on them. In words of NLA Director Davit Sargsian, 11.453 titles of unique, rare models of maps and atlases which were published in 1512-1801 are kept in the department of Fine Arts and Cartographic Materials. The map of Mets (Great) Hayk, "Hamatarats Ashkharhatsuyts" first printed map published in Armenian, etc. are among them. D.Sargsian mentioned that the fund of cartographic materials is being added both with paternal and with foreign materials. The NLA Director also stated that it is envisaged jointly with the "Geodesy and Cartography Center" to make the cartographic fund of the library digital.

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