Kartograficzne zainteresowania Tadeusza Czackiego
Cartographic interests of Tadeusz Czacki

Summary/Abstract: In the Republic during the times of King Stanisław August Poniatowski, the intensity of work regarding the preparation of maps of the state grew. This was connected with the personal interest of the king in cartography and his inspirational role in this field. Emphasis should be given to the activities of the Pontonier Corps, established by the Convocation Sejm in 1764, and the services of the governor of Nowogródek Józef Aleksander Jabłonowski, patron of the map of the Republic created by G. A. Rizzi Zannoni. The development of Polish cartography in the second half of the 18th century can also be credited to the work of Ferdynand Nax and Karol Perthées, among others. In the opinion of Tadeusz Czacki, the creation of updated maps was significant for the economy of the country as well as for the facilitation of transport and trade. As the commissioner of the Bullion Committee and the Crown Treasury Committee, he was engaged in work on the map of the Nida and Słupica carried out by Jan Mehler. As attachments to his reports in 1788, he included maps of the Dniester, Dnieper, Horyn and Sluch, the Crimean peninsula and the Mukhavyets Canal. Among the maps given to the Crown Treasury Committee by T. Czacki was a hydrographic map of Poland, w

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