Atlas Księstwa Połockiego Stanisława Pachołowieckiego (1580): propaganda, genologia i tworzenie wiedzy geograficznej
Stanisław Pachołowiecki’s Atlas of the Principality of Polotsk (1580): Propaganda, Genology and the Development of Geographic Knowledge
Author(s): Jakub Niedźwiedź Subject(s): Maps / Cartography, Military history, Political history, Polish Literature, 16th Century
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: history of cartography; Renaissance cartography; atlas; Polish Renaissance literature; Stanisław Pachołowiecki; Polish-Lithuanian Commomwealth; Russia; Polotsk; Livonian War; Stephen Báthory;
Summary/Abstract: This paper is dedicated to the maps of Stanisław Pachołowiecki (2nd half of the 16th century) printed in Rome by Giovanni Battista Cavalieri in 1580. In August 1579, the Polish-Lithuanian army retook the city and the voivodeship (principality) of Polotsk from Russian hands. Pachołowiecki, a cartographer working for Stephen Báthory, prepared maps depicting the Siege of Polotsk, the whole principality of Polotsk and plans of six other fortresses and cities conquered by Báthory’s army. This study presents an answer to the following question: What means were used in the development of the new geographic knowledge by people engaged in the preparation and use of Pachołowiecki’s atlas? Jakub Niedźwiedź takes a closer look at the application of rhetoric, mainly figures and tropes drawn (or translated) from literature into the cartographic text.
Journal: TERMINUS
- Issue Year: 19/2017
- Issue No: 1 (42)
- Page Range: 127-155
- Page Count: 29
- Language: Polish