%0 Journal Article
%T Ryciny prezentujące kampanię połocką 1579 r. jako jednolita kompozycja kartograficzna
%A Łopatecki, Karol
%J Terminus
%V 2017
%R 10.4467/20843844TE.17.005.7894
%N Tom 19, zeszyt 1 (42)
%P 157-191
%K Principality of Polotsk, 1579 Polotsk campaign, Stanisław Pachołowiecki, Piotr Frankus, 16th cartography, plans of fortresses
%@ 2082-0984
%D 2017
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/terminus/artykul/ryciny-prezentujace-kampanie-polocka-1579-r-jako-jednolita-kompozycja-kartograficzna
%X 
	Engravings Depicting the Polotsk Campaign in 1579 as a Homogeneous Cartographic Composition

	The paper presents seven plans of fortresses (Polotsk, Sokil, Kazyany, Krasne, Turovla, Susza and Sitno) and a map of the principality of Polotsk by Stanisław Pachołowiecki. The analysis indicates that plans of fortifi cations and hydrogeologic conditions were integrated into a previously existing operational map of the principality of Polotsk. Therefore, eight printed maps and plans constitute a joint work that was uniformly finished by one author (Stanisław Pachołowiecki or Giovanni Battista Cavalieri). The map of the principality of Polotsk features Russian fortifications in the form of two-dimensional projections. The strongholds were depicted in a reliable manner, both in terms of shape and the number of towers. Such a representation of settlement symbols was an innovative solution in Renaissance cartography. Not until the 17th century were such means known and they did not appear on a broader scale until the 1730s.