Pierwszy poetycki traktat wojskowy z mapą – Jana Kunowskiego Odsiecz smoleńska. Wykorzystanie kartografi i w działaniach operacyjnych (1616–1617)
The First Military Treatise in Verse with a Map – Jan Kunowski’s Succour of Smolensk. The Use of Cartography in Military Operations (1616–1617)
Author(s): Karol ŁopateckiSubject(s): History, Military history, Political history, Modern Age, 17th Century
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: military cartography; Jan Kunowski; epic poem; military treatises; military operations; field fortifications; blockhouses; strategy; Smolensk;
Summary/Abstract: The article presents an epic poem entitled The Succour of Smolensk by Eminent Sir Aleksander Korwin Gosiewski (Odsiecz smoleńska przez sławnie wielmożnego Jego Mości Pana Aleksandra Korwina Gosiewskiego) by Jan Kunowski (1617). A map was attached to it to illustrate the events described in verse. The article explains the role of the map in the poem and cartography in general for military operations. Then, it presents Aleksander Gosiewski’s novel approach to conducting warfare as well as the stages, phases and actions taken during the Smolensk relief (1616–1617).
Journal: Rocznik Lituanistyczny
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 41-75
- Page Count: 35
- Language: Polish