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Black Sea maps exhibition opens in Bulgaria

Xinhua, May 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

An exhibition of maps of the Black Sea coast titled "The Sea brings all that is distant together" opened in "Atrium" hall of Burgas Free University on Friday afternoon.

The event, organized on the occasion of the International Map Year 2015-2016, presents 30 valuable cartographic images of the region from II to XIX centuries.

After its premiere in Burgas, the exhibition will be shown at the UN headquarters in New York from June 15 to June 26.

Residents and visitors of the second largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast can enjoy exhibits like unknown author's Map of the Way on the Black Sea from 230-240, a Petrus Vesconte's Map of the Black Sea from 1320, an Italian Military Map of the Balkan Peninsula before 1396, or Abraham Ortelius' Map of the Black Sea from 1590.

More globally, the exhibition features a Map of Europe by Sebastian Munster from 1550, which depicts the idea of a United Europe, or a Planisphere Map of the World.

Tanya Mihaylova, Director of the Diplomatic Institute which is one of the event's organizers, said at the opening ceremony that the purpose of the exhibition at Burgas, one of the oldest Black Sea cities in Bulgaria, is to draw world attentions to the Black Sea region.

Professor of History Ivan Ilchev, Rector of the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", said the maps provide extremely valuable historical information.

Jokingly commenting on the Sebastian Munster's Map of Europe, Ilchev said that, to move forward, Europe needs Bulgaria because of this map Bulgaria is one part of Europe's legs. Endit