Kingdom of Poland Map

How accurate is it? Found it online, looks a bit too large...Poland Kingdom Map

It's somewhat misleading, because its the entire red area on the map was not the Kingdom of Poland, but the Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów (Commonwelath of Both Nations aka Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). It comprised the Crownlands (Korona) or Poladn)and the GRand Duchy of Lithuania.

Around the fringes were vassal pricipalities that paid allegiance to the king but were not intergal parts of the commonwealth, and this changed over time.

Along the Black Sea where the Dzikie Pola (Wiold Steppes) which at different poitns in time were nominally under Polish rule but in actuality those were untamed, largely uncontolled areas regularly overrun by assorted roving nomads, Turks, Cossacks et al.

I don't remember Poland ever extending to the White Sea in the north or Romania belonging to Poland in the south (although Polish highlanders did come from Romania) nevertheless it wouldn't be fair to those people to claim that land.

That's why I was wondering about it. I'm also wondering with regards to the territory bordering what I believe is the Volga River, and including Crimea in the Black Sea.

All maps I've been able to find are of either before or after 1618 (when I've read Poland was at it's maximum extent).

And then on Wikipedia, found a map with caption "Rzeczpospolita in 1569; the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, having lost lands to the Russian state and to Lithuania's partner Poland, is much smaller than a hundred years earlier". So...how much larger was it a hundred years earlier and did that have a larger land-coverage than in 1618?

Here you go:

when exactly?


nope not even under the commonwealth was PL ever that big

Not sure. Just found the map.


Can I be pointed to a location that contains various maps of Poland from various time periods?

And, a side-question, is it correct (in any sense) to say that Poland owned Russia between 1610-12 with future Władysław IV as elected (but not crowned) Czar by the Seven Boyars? And then what of during the elected monarchy period? Would it be proper to say that when Poland was ruled by the King of a foreign land (Sweden, France, etc.), Poland was part of those nations (or vice-versa) at least monarchical wise (as opposed to governmental wise)?

No

No, it was still independent Kingdom of Poland. No matter who was the king.

This map is false. Even GDL in it's glory never reached that far to the east. Maybe this map is from some fiction book or game?

This is the only explanation I can imagine for somebody drawing a map like that, Polish presence in Moscow for a year or two. Only it's a huge little bit of a stretch to say that these lands were Polish.

And you never noticed what site you were on? Voodoo Guild – obviously some gaming site. Now there's the place to learn your history but I must admit the future looks bright.

euratlas.net/history/europe/1600/index.html

This is the best website I have found.
It shows Europe from 1AD-today
If you want to change the years just select it on the left hand side.


jezus maria... look at the size of that thing. the creator/painter must have been drunk :D

Merged: Poland forgot why this Kingdom disapeared

Polish Kingdom's Army since 1698'th Practically was fully murdered.
Why..?
Those themes are in Yahoo group Telepathy.
The numerous Polish graves in Austria and so one...

how i don`t know for this

what you mean by that- murdered? soldiers were captured and then executed or they all died fighting?