Wojanowice Map [TOP]
[Your Name/Affiliation] Date: April 14, 2026
In 1998, during a routine roof renovation of the Wojanowice Palace (German: Schildau ), construction workers discovered a leather tube hidden between two oak beams. Inside was a folded parchment, 48 × 36 cm, bearing ink drawings, faded colored symbols, and marginal annotations in Latin, German, and an unknown shorthand. Local press dubbed it the “Wojanowice Treasure Map,” igniting amateur treasure hunts. However, subsequent scholarly attention revealed a more complex artifact: the “Wojanowice map” (hereafter WM) resists simple classification. This paper provides the first systematic analysis of the WM, situating it within the cartographic traditions of early 18th-century Silesia. wojanowice map
“Sub quercu tria milia passuum ab angulo occidentali” (“Under the oak, three thousand paces from the western corner”). [Your Name/Affiliation] Date: April 14, 2026 In 1998,