"Tabvla Sinvs Venetici" W. Barentsa i njeno povijesnozemljopisno značenje

Abstract

Two variants of navigational map of the Adriatic made by the Dutch seaman and polarexplorer Willem Barents are known in the scientific literature. The first one, in this article marked K-1, was worked out and printed in Amsterdam in 1595. Its primary function was practical-related to navigation. Opposite to it, K-2, which we date 1595 (1637-1662), was used as the geostrategical map of the Adriatic and the southern parts of Europe. Namely, owing to the Turkish penetrations since the middle of the 16th century, essential military and political changes occured on the northern coasts of the Adriatic sea and specially in their hinterlands. Just such a map was in want in "Atlases" of Jan (Johann, Ioannes) Janssonius (1588-1664) which were printed several times also in Ammsterdam but in the period from 1637 to 1662. Barents’ K-1, which was at Janssonius’ disposal, could fulfil this function. So Janssonius made only the most indispensable changes in accordance with the cartography of the first half of the 17th century and printed it. In this way K-2 lost its primarily practical-navigational function and assumed the characteristics of a map with essential strategical elements. This article deals with these fundamental questions of K-1 and K-2.