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https://doi.org/10.22586/ss.24.1.10

The Contribution of Lazarus Secretarius to the Development of Pre-modern Cartography of the Lower Interriver Area of the Drava, Sava and Danube: an Example of Toponymy

Dubravka Mlinarić
Petra Plantosar orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-6164-899X


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str. 7-35

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The paper examines the role and influence of cartographers of the Central European Cartographic Circle of the 16th century on the diffusion of geographical knowledge in the interfluve of the Drava, Sava and Danube, using the example of the work of the Hungarian cartographer Lazarus Secretarius. By drawing a comparison between his work and the cartographic production of his predecessors and disciples, the authors have attempted to identify the modalities of the description of Slavonia at the time. On the basis of his map of Hungary from 1528, research has also been done into the capacities and possibilities of transferring early modern ideas and cartographic information in the narrow area of Central Europe as well as into the importance of field work for the creation of high-grade and precise cartographic works as historical testimonies to certain areas. Although to some extent based on a limited number of archival sources, this study testifies, through comparative analysis of every single map of Lazarus or his contemporaries examined, to the presence of recognizable qualitative elements of the Central European (Court) cartographic pattern of special descriptions. However, the work of Lazarus was singled out from among the works of his contemporaries due to his innovativeness, great cartographic precision and to the varying and prolific, and information registered on the map, not only cartographic in nature. The map represented at the same time a breakthrough announcing the appearance of more high-grade early modern cartographic-topographic works of this area based on a greater share of work in the field. Nonetheless, because of the large number of toponyms recorded, the map provides valuable and rare evidence of the location and names of settlements before the Ottoman arrival in the lower area between the Sava, Drava and Danube.

Ključne riječi

16th century; the lower interfluve of the Drava and Sava rivers; cartography; Lazarus Secretarius; toponyms

Hrčak ID:

323163

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/323163

Datum izdavanja:

8.12.2024.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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