Columbus presented his transatlantic project to the king Juan II at the beginning of 1484 when lived in Portugal. But that time wasn’t convenient for the monarch of Portugal. Then the king was busy with suppressing revolt raised in the country by magnates. Besides it, he was interested in expeditions towards western coasts of Africa. It is known that, […]
Real seaman and professional navigator must learn something at the result of previous travels. If Duarte Pereira would use Canary and North Passat currents, he could repeat van Olmen’s mistake. But it was winter in the northern hemisphere when he started his travel. It was better to use alternative currents in order to avoid hurricanes and to try not to […]
1) The theory of this book corresponds to a scientific and new approach to the historical period of time related to the discovery of Brazil. This is a new theory because the Author studied important historical documents and revealed important knowledge about this period. This book / document is a significant contribution for the academic discussion and study of documents related to this historical period. 2) This book […]
One of the sources with interesting information on historical geography of the Nakhchivan region in the Middle Ages is “The travel book” of the Ger-man military man and traveler Johann Shiltberger, devoted to his travel to Europe, Asia and Africa from 1394 to 1427. J.Shiltberger who has visited many countries of Europe, Asia and Africa in this book tells about […]
Though America was discovered by Christopher Columbus 510 years ago, that discovery has a lot of obscurities, which make people to think. According to most scientific works, Ch. Columbus thought that, he had discovered East Asia. I tried to prove that, the Genoese seaman had got acquainted with the map of Nasiraddin Tusi when he was in Spain before his […]
Writing about the remarkable Azerbaijani scientist Nasiraddin Tusi, who has a great scientific heritage, is very responsible and honorable. Nasiraddin Tusi, who has a very significant place in the world encyclopedia together with well-known phenomenal scientists, is one of the most honorary personalities of our nation. It may be named precious stone of the Academy of Sciences in the East. […]
Scientific research work “Enigmatic discovery of Brazil” is very significant for its essence in the field of geographical discoveries. Brazil was officially discovered on April 22, 1500 by Pedro Alvaresh Cabral by accident. At the result of my researches carried out for many years, it became clear that, the expedition sent by the king of Portugal Juan II under the […]
Writing about the remarkable Azerbaijani scientist Nasiraddin Tusi, who has a great scientific heritage, is very responsible and honorable. Nasiraddin Tusi, who has a very significant place in the world encyclopedia together with well-known phenomenal scientists, is one of the most honorary personalities of our nation. It may be named precious stone of the Academy of Sciences in the East. […]
AZ-1065, Baku, Azerbaijan, F.Ibrahimbeyov str. 5, apart. 53 E-mail: fuadveliyev@hotmail.com Education: Primary and Secondary school, 1953-1963; Azerbaijan State Petrol University, Faculty of Power Engineering, 1963-1968; Graduates with a first-class honors degree; Post-graduate Courses of the same University, Faculty of Mechanics, 1969-1973 Academic and Scientific Degrees and Diplomas: Candidate of technical Sciences (Ph.D.); Moscow, 1974 Associated Professor; Moscow, 1979 Doctor of Technical […]
Moldovan Ombudsman: “Yerevan lesson of European standards will be a memorable one for me” Tabula Rasa The German edition of «Tabula Rasa» published an interview by the journalist Stefan Gross with Moldovan Ombudsman Aurelia Grigoriu. “Vestnik Kavkaza” publishes an unedited translation of the interview. – The Republic of Moldova is considered perhaps an “exemplary” state among the member countries of […]
