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we may presume, that the picture of the Ougus river in his map has been simply retaken
from Ptolemaeus' map of this territory. The history of this early course of Amu-Darya
comprehensively describes S.P. Tolstov in his another topic (1962, pp. 17 - 26), where he
gives the bibliography of this subject.
Every one of these theories could be taken into account in the light of the interesting text
quoted in Internet from the famous topic by Ryszard Kapuściński. In this description we are
told a beautiful story of the Uzboj river, which was examinated by yet another Russian
archeologist A.H. Jusupov. The story has been told to Kapuścinski by a local called
“Raszyd”(Rashyd). The author writes: (transl.“Raszyd has shown me on the map the course of
the Uzboy river. The river Uzboy has taken its waters from the Amu-Darya river, the river has
flown across the desert Kara-Kum into the Caspian Sea. It was a beautiful river - long as the
Seine river. This river died, as he said, and from the time of its death the war begun.”)
7. Coclusion
In the article, the author tried to show a kind of sketch of the further full
Monograph
on the
Jenkinson's map. The first conclusion which is easily noticeable is that the subject in
question constitutes an inexhaustible material for investigation from different points of
view. What one could notice if we enter more deeply into some of the described questions is
that every one of them opens new paths to be further investigated. After all, we have here
following questions: the history of geographical discoveries in Asia, relations between the
two continents, Europe and Russia in relation to Asia, and next the subsequent regions -
their history, ethnography, especially connected with Cossacks and Tartars, the history of
links between England and Russia
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, history of Persia, including the history of consecutive
khans. In this subject it is difficult to neglect the Russian relations to the western frontier
states or historical regions which, especially at that times, were Lithuania and Poland.
Characteristic and equally very interesting is that the stories of several regions and states
connects with one another. Thanks to this phenomenon new topics still emerge and it is
difficult to resist them. New and equally very interesting riddles still arise. The sources
which needed to be compared were very exciting for the author. Such was for instance the
story of the course of the Amu-Darya river and the Aral Sea in connection with the
“Kitaia
Lacus”
as well. Very interesting is the interdisciplinary character of the subject in question,
too. For instance, some evidence is the participation of the archeologists in the examination
of the bed of the Amu-Darya river, its significance and results. To continue the idea
presented by the author it could be also worth using the infra-red pictures to confirm one
more argument for the theory of the old river-bed of Amu-Darya. We can say the same
about the other questions considered here. The long-lasting investigation of the author and
the rich literature create valuable occasion for scientific contacts with other authors in the
world. It was a very valuable exchange with mentioned here Professor S.H. Baron, Dr. K.
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This investigation entitled „
Cartographical links between England and Russia in mid of 16
th
century”
has been carried out
in the British Academy Project by the author together with Magdalena Peszko in 2011.
