Svat Soucek

Svat Soucek (full name Svatopluk Souček) is a compiler and author of works in relation to Central Asia, and Central Asian studies. He was born in Prague, Czech Republic. He has a PhD in Turkish and Arabic studies from Columbia University. He worked in the Oriental Division of the New York Public Library,{{cite web |url=http://www.shodb.gov.tr/pirireis/cvler/cv_svat_soucek.htm |title=Curriculum Vitae |website=Seyir, Hidrografi ve Oşinografi Dairesi Başkanlığı [Navigation, Hydrography and Oceanography Department] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025084608/http://www.shodb.gov.tr/pirireis/cvler/cv_svat_soucek.htm |archive-date=25 October 2007}} and as a professor of history at Princeton University, specialising in historical cartography.{{Cite web|title=The Khalili Portolan Atlas. A Facsimile Edition With text|url=https://www.khalilicollections.org/portfolio/the-khalili-portolan-atlas-a-facsimile-edition-with-text/|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Khalili Collections|language=en-US}} His works include Piri Reis and Turkish Mapmaking After Columbus (1996), A History of Inner Asia (2000), The Persian Gulf: Its Past and Present (2008), and The History of the Maritime Wars of the Turks (2012).{{cite web |url=http://isbndb.com/d/person/soucek_svatopluk/books.html |title=Soucek, Svatopluk - Author Books |website=ISBNdb}}