"Georgia" on a medieval mappa mundi, AD 1320.. Ancient Greeks (Strabo, Herodotus, Plutarch, Homer, etc.) and Romans (Titus Livius, Tacitus, etc.) referred to early western Georgians as Colchians and eastern Georgians as Iberians (Iberoi, Ἰβηροι in some Greek sources). [22]The first mention of the name Georgia is in Italian on the mappa mundi of Pietro Vesconte dated 1320. [23] More @Wikipedia
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