Maps & ICT
Maps & ICT
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The author grew up near the birthplace of the famous cartographer Gerard Mercator. Inspired by this great scientist and artist he went to study Physical Geography (BSc), Cartography (Masters) and Remote Sensing (Postgraduate). This website and its products are the result of more than 40 years of experience in Cartography, GIS and IT, both as a teacher and developer. He suffers from a form of ASD (Autism), which was only diagnosed at a late age. Please visit his Blogspot for more information.

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Poland in 42 historical maps: 1513-2018 (130 pages).

The name Poland means “Land of Polans”. It refers to an ancient tribe occupying the territory. Most likely it is derived from the Polish word pole, which means “(open) field”. When the Polans formed a united Poland (Polska) in the 10th century, this name also came into use for the whole Polish country. On Cresques famous map of Europe (Catalan atlas, 1375) the Latin name Polonia is used. During the next centuries this Latin name was mostly used by established cartographers such as Munster, Ortelius, Mercator and Blaeu. Munster’s map (ca. 1540) was one of the first separately printed maps of the country. The map was based on earlier work of Bernard Wapowski (ca. 1526), being the ‘father of Polish cartography’.

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