Two Maps of the Podlasie-Grodno Borderline from 1706

Two Maps of the Podlasie-Grodno Borderline from 1706

The paper presents two maps of the Biebrza valley and the borderland between Grodno and Tykocin from the Library of the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, titled “Carte d’une partie de la Lithuanie” and „Carte d’une partie de la Lithuanie et de la Pologne oraz Environs de Grodno et Ticochin”. B...

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Main Author: Karol Łopatecki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences 2019-12-01
Series:Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej
Subjects:
military cartography
Biebrza
Tykocin
Grodno
Joseph-Gaspard Lambert de Guerin
toponyms of Podlasie
Online Access:https://journals.iaepan.pl/khkm/article/view/2335
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spelling doaj-0dc4a98216e6427b9882b8243d30017b2021-06-14T22:40:31ZengInstitute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of SciencesKwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej0023-58812719-64962019-12-0167410.23858/KHKM67.2019.4.005Two Maps of the Podlasie-Grodno Borderline from 1706Karol Łopatecki0University of Bialystok, Faculty of History and International Relations, Pl. Niezależnego Zrzeszenia Studentów 1, 15-420 Białystok The paper presents two maps of the Biebrza valley and the borderland between Grodno and Tykocin from the Library of the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, titled “Carte d’une partie de la Lithuanie” and „Carte d’une partie de la Lithuanie et de la Pologne oraz Environs de Grodno et Ticochin”. Both maps were drawn in 1706 by the same author – Joseph-Gaspar Lambert de Guerin (Russian: Жозеф Гаспар Ламбер де Герен). The study contains the calculation of both the scale of the maps and the unit used by the cartographer (measure of a mile). The source of the miscalculation by the Russian archivists is also discussed. In addition, the author establishes 79 toponyms used on the maps and proposes identification of the given names of rivers and lakes. https://journals.iaepan.pl/khkm/article/view/2335military cartographyBiebrzaTykocinGrodnoJoseph-Gaspard Lambert de Guerintoponyms of Podlasie
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Two Maps of the Podlasie-Grodno Borderline from 1706
Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej
military cartography
Biebrza
Tykocin
Grodno
Joseph-Gaspard Lambert de Guerin
toponyms of Podlasie
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title Two Maps of the Podlasie-Grodno Borderline from 1706
title_short Two Maps of the Podlasie-Grodno Borderline from 1706
title_full Two Maps of the Podlasie-Grodno Borderline from 1706
title_fullStr Two Maps of the Podlasie-Grodno Borderline from 1706
title_full_unstemmed Two Maps of the Podlasie-Grodno Borderline from 1706
title_sort two maps of the podlasie-grodno borderline from 1706
publisher Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology Polish Academy of Sciences
series Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej
issn 0023-5881
2719-6496
publishDate 2019-12-01
description The paper presents two maps of the Biebrza valley and the borderland between Grodno and Tykocin from the Library of the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, titled “Carte d’une partie de la Lithuanie” and „Carte d’une partie de la Lithuanie et de la Pologne oraz Environs de Grodno et Ticochin”. Both maps were drawn in 1706 by the same author – Joseph-Gaspar Lambert de Guerin (Russian: Жозеф Гаспар Ламбер де Герен). The study contains the calculation of both the scale of the maps and the unit used by the cartographer (measure of a mile). The source of the miscalculation by the Russian archivists is also discussed. In addition, the author establishes 79 toponyms used on the maps and proposes identification of the given names of rivers and lakes.
topic military cartography
Biebrza
Tykocin
Grodno
Joseph-Gaspard Lambert de Guerin
toponyms of Podlasie
url https://journals.iaepan.pl/khkm/article/view/2335
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