Defending Europe: Habsburg Military Cartography of the Croatian Borderland

In this paper we analyze the development of Habsburg military mapping in the area of the Croatian borderland as well as in neighboring Bosnia in the period of the Ottoman-Habsburg Wars from the mid-16th to the late 18th century. We demonstrate how military maps were created, who compiled them, which...

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Main Author: Mirela Altić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gruppo editoriale Tab S.r.l. 2022-09-01
Series:Nuova Antologia Militare
Online Access:https://www.tabedizioni.it/web/content/180089
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description In this paper we analyze the development of Habsburg military mapping in the area of the Croatian borderland as well as in neighboring Bosnia in the period of the Ottoman-Habsburg Wars from the mid-16th to the late 18th century. We demonstrate how military maps were created, who compiled them, which data collection strategies were applied apart from the survey, what was the subject of mapping, what types of maps were produced and how, given their status of secrecy, they influenced the development of military cartography in general.
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spelling doaj.art-1cce12c6894e4b2287d815f274328dce2022-12-22T03:13:46ZengGruppo editoriale Tab S.r.l.Nuova Antologia Militare2704-97952022-09-013special issue n. 295010.36158/97888929555232Defending Europe: Habsburg Military Cartography of the Croatian BorderlandMirela Altić0University of AIn this paper we analyze the development of Habsburg military mapping in the area of the Croatian borderland as well as in neighboring Bosnia in the period of the Ottoman-Habsburg Wars from the mid-16th to the late 18th century. We demonstrate how military maps were created, who compiled them, which data collection strategies were applied apart from the survey, what was the subject of mapping, what types of maps were produced and how, given their status of secrecy, they influenced the development of military cartography in general.https://www.tabedizioni.it/web/content/180089
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title Defending Europe: Habsburg Military Cartography of the Croatian Borderland
title_full Defending Europe: Habsburg Military Cartography of the Croatian Borderland
title_fullStr Defending Europe: Habsburg Military Cartography of the Croatian Borderland
title_full_unstemmed Defending Europe: Habsburg Military Cartography of the Croatian Borderland
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