| Title |
Lietuvos keliai senuosiuose žemėlapiuose / |
| Translation of Title |
Lithuanian roads marked on the old maps. |
| Authors |
Girkus, Romualdas ; Lukoševičius, Viktoras |
| DOI |
10.3846/13921541.2011.591484 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Geodesy and cartography.. Vilnius : Technika. 2011, t. 37, Nr. 2, p.91-99.. ISSN 1392-1541. eISSN 2029-7009 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Lithuania ; historiography ; maps ; navigation ; water and road maps ; toponyms |
| Abstract [eng] |
This publication looks at ongoing legacy mapping studies at one of the geographical sites of Lithuanian water and road maps considering the historical portrayal of events in perspective and highlighting the most significant developments at several stages and cartographic development times. This article presents the old maps displaying water and land roads in Lithuania. The paper puts forward the authors and designers of the maps having marked roads and their characteristics, including issue dates, scale, the names of territorial unites and geographical objects etc. The article provides extensive data on the evolution of the development of Lithuanian roads. When summarizing research results of the study, the authors conclude that the roads marked in the ancient maps are excellent historical witnesses helping with a better understanding of a long and complicated process of forming the Lithuanian state. The authors stress the need to restore the old Lithuanian inland road maps so that historically important documents of state development should not be buried in archives but become available not only to historical researchers but also to the general public. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Technika |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2011 |
| CC license |
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