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The Tartars’ Secret Weapon in Poland

In La Cosmographie Vniverselle De Tovt Le Monde ..., Paris: Michel Sonnius (printer), 1575 (Ghent, Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent), col. 1803

col. 1803 (8 of 11 in-Urus figures)

Details

Matrices

The Tartars’ Secret Weapon in Poland (Sonnius/Chesneau)

Actors

Michel Sonnius (fl. 1564 - ca 1588) printer : 1575

Places

Paris production place : 1575

Design

The Tartars’ Secret Weapon in Poland (Sonnius/Chesneau) Part of Set for Belleforest's Cosmographie universelle (Sonnius/Chesneau) ◼

In-Urus interactions

⇤ Conrad Schnitt (blockcutter), The Tartars’ Secret Weapon in Poland (Petri) Part of Subset with ethnographic and landscape motifs (Petri) Part of Set for Münster's Cosmography 1544 (Petri) ◼

Expert view

Iconography description

Narrative

De Polonia (Cosmographia) (Cosmographia, IV, Descriptio ... regnorum septentrionalium)

Functional context

Münster's Cosmographia (Cosmographies, chorographies and chronicles)

Credits

Created by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-04-01 09:56)

Edited by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec

Last update by

Grażyna Jurkowlaniec (2026-06-05 18:17)