Beauplan’s Ukraine: open access georeferenced databases for studies of early modern history of Central and Eastern Europe
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Published Online: Jul 31, 2019
Page range: 185 - 193
Received: Dec 08, 2018
Accepted: Mar 18, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2019-0015
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Figure 1
![Beauplan’s Delineatio generalis Camporum Desertorum vulgo Ukraina map. See Figure 2 for detail. Available from: Beauplan, Guillaume Le Vasseur, Sieur De, Approximately, and Willem Hondius. Delineatio generalis Camporum Desertorum vulgo Ukraina: cum adjacentibus provinciis. [Gedanum: Beauplan, 1648] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/80692351/ [8 May 2019]](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/647246e3215d2f6c89dc2af9/j_mgrsd-2019-0015_fig_001.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250911%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250911T191008Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=3a4a719b4b542ed2f93ac1b2a6ea76ea071b60f0f86b5ee1dc48b35c4c869a45&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
Figure 2
![Detail from the map in Figure 1. Available from: Beauplan, Guillaume Le Vasseur, Sieur De, Approximately, and Willem Hondius. Delineatio generalis Camporum Desertorum vulgo Ukraina: cum adjacentibus provinciis. [Gedanum: Beauplan, 1648] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/80692351/ [8 May 2019]](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/647246e3215d2f6c89dc2af9/j_mgrsd-2019-0015_fig_002.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250911%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250911T191008Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=773fa9fce27a3b34ba1fd6e246f7398438905d24d390bf7057db5f25423c7412&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
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![Place types as designated on the map in Figure 1. Available from: Beauplan, Guillaume Le Vasseur, Sieur De, Approximately, and Willem Hondius. Delineatio generalis Camporum Desertorum vulgo Ukraina: cum adjacentibus provinciis. [Gedanum: Beauplan, 1648] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/80692351/;. [8 May 2019]](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/647246e3215d2f6c89dc2af9/j_mgrsd-2019-0015_fig_005.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKOUXAVR44%2F20250911%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20250911T191008Z&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=809cca59ca7cc8a0ad8fd0a3db2386df6a84994a1f234814ad39ad4bdaef96cf&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject)
GBU database fields_
| Database Field | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| gazbu-entry | Unique ID assigned to each database entry | |
| gazbu-id | Unique ID assigned to each place in the database | gazbu-10 |
| gazbu-map | Map on which the database entry can be found | |
| gazbu-grid | Map grid where this entry can be found | R12 |
| gazbu-class | Type of place as shown on the map | |
| gazbu-name | Name as spelled on the map | Krywy Taszłeys |
| gazbu-name-confidence | Confidence of name spelling | |
| latin-name | Name with Latin characters | Krywy Taszleys |
| gazbu-latitude | Place latitude | 48,34947 |
| gazbu-longitude | Place longitude | 30,89544 |
| gazbu-location-confidence | Confidence of latitude and longitude | |
| geonames-id | GeoNames ID of associated place | |
| contributor-id | ID of person contributing entry |
The Beauplan maps used to construct BU materials_
| Status | Beauplan Map Name |
|---|---|
| - | Basse Podolie ou Palatinat de Braclaw |
| - | Basse Volhynie ou palatinat de Kiow |
| - | Borysthensis Fluvii Pars Ultraliminaris vulgo Zaporoże |
| - | Borysthensis Fluvij Pars á Fortalitio Kudak |
| - | Carte d’Ukranie Contenant plusieurs Provinces comprises entre les Confins de Moscovie |
| Done | Delineatio generalis Camporum Desertorum vulgo Ukraina |
| - | Delineatio Provinciæ Tartarorum nunc Crim Antiquitus verò Tauricia Chersonesus dictæ |
| - | Delineatio Provinciæ Turcicæ Budziak dictæ |
| Done | Delineatio specialis et accurata Ukrainae - Czerkasy Kaniow - Panel 2 |
| Done | Delineatio specialis et accurata Ukrainae - Dzikie Pole - Panel 1 |
| Done | Delineatio specialis et accurata Ukrainae - Halicz - Panel 4 |
| Done | Delineatio specialis et accurata Ukrainae - Kamieniec Podolski - Panel 3 |
| Done | Delineatio specialis et accurata Ukrainae - Kijow - Panel 6 |
| Done | Delineatio specialis et accurata Ukrainae - Putywl Baturyn Łochwica - Panel 5 |
| Done | Delineatio specialis et accurata Ukrainae - Zytomierz Berdyczow - Panel 7 |
| Done | Delineatio specialis et accurata Ukrainae -Lwow Luck Tarnopol - Panel 8 |
| - | Haute Podolie ou Palatinat de Kamieniec |
| - | Haute Volhynie ou Palatinat de Lusuc |
| - | La Pologne |
| - | Le Royaume de Pologne Comprenant les Etats de Pologne et de Lithuanae |
| - | Nova totius Regni Poloniae Magniq. ducatus Lithuanae |
| - | Regni Poloniae magnique ducat Lithuaniae nova |
| - | Russie Noire divisee en ses Palatinats |
| - | Tractus Borysthensis Vulgo Dniepr et Niepr dicti, à Bouzin usque ad Chortyca Ostrow |
| - | Tractus Borysthensis Vulgo Dniepr et Niepr dicti, à Chortika Ostro ad Urbem Oczakow |
| - | Tractus Borysthensis Vulgo Dniepr et Niepr dicti, à Kiovia ad Urbum Oczakow |
| - | Tractus Borysthensis VulgoDniepr at Niepr dicti, à Kiovia usuqe ad Bouzin |
| - | Typus Generalis Ukrainae sive Palatinatuum Podoliae Kioviensis et Braczlaviensis |
| - | Ukrainae pars quae Barclavie palatinatus vulgo dicitur |
| - | Ukrainae pars quae Kiovia palatinatus vulgo dicitur |
Latitude and longitude grid square labeling scheme_
| Longitude | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 |
| To | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 |