Naslov
Research on the Reliability of Mercator's Map Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cum Dalmatiae parte

Autori
Viličić, Marina ; Lapaine, Miljenko

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

Izvornik
Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Cartography - Maps Connecting the World / Robbi Sluter, Claudia ; Madureira Cruz, Carla Bernadete ; Leal de Menezes, Paulo Márcio - Cham : Springer, 2015, 223-233

ISBN
978-3-319-17737-3

Skup
27th International Cartographic Conference

Mjesto i datum
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23.08.2015. - 28.08.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Mercator; Croatia; Old map; Map reliability

Sažetak
This paper describes further research into Mercator's map Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cum Dalmatiae parte, which depicts not only present-day Croatia, but Bosnia and Herzegovina, with parts of Slovenia and Serbia. Previous research determined the map projection and scale of the map. A great degree of divergence, which is evident regarding a number of towns on the map in relation to their real, mathematically calculated positions, led us to undertake a more detailed comparison of the geographic contents of Mercator's map and the actual situation. In this paper, the positions of river courses and their tributaries are compared, along with the positions of towns along river courses and those on the coast of the Adriatic Sea in the area of Dalmatia and the islands. The results of the research show that Mercator's map Sclavonia, Croatia, Bosnia cum Dalmatiae parte is a good example of a lovely old map which is, unfortunately, unreliable. It is a reflection of mid-17th century knowledge of the areas depicted and the cartographic capabilities of that era.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geodezija

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