Vakhushti (Georgian: ვახუშტი, romanized: vakhusht'i) (1696–1757) was a Georgian royal prince (batonishvili), geographer, historian and cartographer. His principal historical and geographic works, Description of the Kingdom of Georgia and the Geographical Atlas, were inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register in 2013.
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1696 Tbilisi, Kingdom of Kartli, Safavid Empire
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1757 (aged 60) Moscow, Russian Empire
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