Map of the famous Portuguese cartographer Diego Homem from 1563, which shows all the countries around the Black Sea known in the 16th century. The original map is stored in the National Library of Florence (Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze). Take a look at Mingrelians - Colchians, Georgians. their power and living space was not only western Georgia, but they were in the middle of Circassia, near Ukraine.