Naslov
Janko Mikić - Croatian cartographer in the service of the Henry Morton Stanley

Autori
Slukan-Altić, Mirela

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Old worlds – ; New worlds - history of colonial cartography 1750-1950 / Prof. dr. sc. Elri Liebenberg - Utrecht : University of Utrecht, 2006

Skup
International Symposium of the Working Group on the History of Colonial Cartography in the 19th and early 20st Centuries of International Cartographic Association

Mjesto i datum
Utrecht, Nizozemska, 21.08.2006. - 23.08.2006

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Janko Mikić; hrvatska povijest; istraživanja Afrike; kartografski izvori
(Janko Mikić; Croatian history; exploring of Africa; cartographic sources)

Sažetak
After he explored the whole course of the Congo River during his Anglo-American expedition, Henry Morton Stanley still had a long way to go - to explore a wide area around the river. For that purpose international association for the exploration of Congo (Comité d' etudes du Haút Congo) has been established with HSM as the main explorer. Although HSM or his senior officers signed the large number of explorations and maps, in this exploration of the Congo area participated many foreign members, among whom a few Croats took prominent place. Janko Mikić is one of the Croatian explorers who worked in central Africa. In 1882 he joined the Stanley’ s expedition in Congo where he will work as explorer and cartographer till 1885. Thanks to his solid military education, skill of mapmaking and knowledge of six languages, Mikić won quick recognition as the most important Croatian cartographer in Congo. During less than four years spend in Congo together with lieutenant Van de Velde, Mikić mapped wide area between Kouilu-Niadi and the Congo River. Although, Mikić original map still considered lost, several colonial maps testify his important role of his survey around Congo. Based on this filed work, several printed maps are made on which Mikić is mentioned as one of the cartographer who surveyed Kouilu-Niadi, area in today’ s Republic of Congo.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest

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