Suggested citation format:
Ciolek, T. Matthew (ed.). 1999 - present. Georeferenced historical transport/travel/communication routes and nodes - Europe. OWTRAD Dromographic Digital Data Archives (ODDDA). Old World Trade Routes (OWTRAD) Project. Canberra: www.ciolek.com - Asia Pacific Research Online.
www.ciolek.com/OWTRAD/DATA/oddda.html

OWTRAD Dromographic Digital Data Archives
(ODDDA)
Georeferenced historical transport/travel/communication
routes and nodes - Europe

edited by

Dr T. Matthew Ciolek,

Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies,
Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
tmciolek@ciolek.com
http://www.ciolek.com/PEOPLE/ciolek-tm.html

Document created: 7 Jul 1999. Last updated: 29 Jan 2007.

This document catalogs and archives data sets about historical transport/travel/communication routes and nodes. These geo- and chrono-referenced data have been constructed as a part of the Old World Trade Routes (OWTRAD) project.

NOTE: Researchers wishing to publish at this address their own data sets
describing communication and transport networks world-wide are warmly invited to contact the site's editor.

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Individual OWTRAD data sets (geospatial and historical description of NODES and connecting them travel ROUTES) which are listed below follow exact specifications of the OWTRAD Notation System, a tool for digitization of information extracted from sources containing text and/or graphics.

Please also note that the filenames below (e.g.'tmcILa0600.html', or 'tmcDZm0500.html') observe the following convention:

    Europe

  1. Central Europe, 800-900 CE, trade routes tmcCZm0800.html Central Europe, 800-900 CE, trade routes
    [19 routes' segments; Src: Humnicki and Borawska (eds.) 1969a; georeferenced]
  2. Spain, 900-2000 CE, pilgrimage routes tmcESm1400.html Spain, 900-2000 CE, pilgrimage routes
    [37 routes' segments; Src: Bardwell et al. 2000; georeferenced]
  3. Spain, 1999 CE, pilgrimage routes tmcESm1999.html Spain, 1999 CE, pilgrimage routes
    [35 routes' segments; Src: Loiselle n.d.; georeferenced; also available in Google Earth/KML format]
  4. France, 900-2000 CE, pilgrimage routes tmcFRm1300.html France, 900-2000 CE, pilgrimage routes
    [73 routes' segments; Src: Souter and Souter 2000; georeferenced]
  5. France, 1000-1500 CE, pilgrimage routes tmcFRm1500.html France, 1000-1500 CE, pilgrimage routes
    [38 routes' segments; Src: Zarnecki 1985; georeferenced]
  6. France, 1000-1500 CE, pilgrimage routes - dataset 2 tmcFRm1500a.html France, 1000-1500 CE, pilgrimage routes - dataset 2
    [58 routes' segments; Src: Sumption 2002; georeferenced]
  7. North-Western Europe, 1100-1500 CE, woollen cloth trade routes tmcBEm1100.html North-Western Europe, 1100-1500 CE, woollen cloth trade routes
    [17 routes' segments; Src: Spufford 2002; georeferenced; also available in Google Earth/KML format]
  8. Central Europe, 1500 CE, pilgrimage routes to Rome tmcDEm1500.html Central Europe, 1500 CE, pilgrimage routes to Rome
    [204 routes' segments; Src: Erhard Etzlaub of Nuremberg, 1500, reprinted in Spufford 2002; georeferenced]
  9. Southern Germany, 1450-1500 CE, trade routes tmcDEm1500a.html Southern Germany, 1450-1500 CE, trade routes
    [48 routes' segments; Src: Spufford 2002; georeferenced]
  10. Moldavia and Transylvania, 1450-1500 CE, trade routes tmcMDm1470.html Moldavia and Transylvania, 1450-1500 CE, trade routes [NEWEST DATASET, published Jan 2007]
    [115 routes' segments; Src: Racovitza 2005; georeferenced]
  11. Poland, 1130-1180 CE, major roads tmcPLm1150.html Poland, 1130-1180 CE, major roads
    [165 routes' segments; Src: Humnicki and Lalik (eds.) 1957b; georeferenced]
  12. Poland, 1370 CE, major roads tmcPLm1370.html Poland, 1370 CE, major roads
    [43 routes' segments; Src: Rutkowski (ed.) 1980a; georeferenced]
  13. Poland, 1340-1400 CE, major trade roads tmcPLm1370a.html Poland, 1340-1400 CE, major trade roads
    [152 routes' segments; Src: Wojtowicz 1956; georeferenced]
  14. Poland, 1200-1450 CE, major trade roads tmcPLm1370b.html Poland, 1200-1450 CE, major trade roads
    [35 routes' segments; Src: Wojtowicz 1956; georeferenced]
  15. Poland and Ukraine, 1200-1700 CE, trade routes tmcPLm1400.html Poland and Ukraine, 1200-1700 CE, trade routes
    [40 routes' segments; Src: Herbst 1954; georeferenced]
  16. Ukraine, 992-1025 CE, trade routes tmcUAm1000.html Ukraine, 992-1025 CE, trade routes
    [9 routes' segments; Src: Humnicki and Borawska (eds.) 1969b; georeferenced; also available in Google Earth/KML format]
  17. Baltic Sea, 800-900 CE, trade routes tmcXBLm0800.html Baltic Sea, 800-900 CE, trade routes
    [7 routes' segments; Src: Humnicki and Borawska (eds.) 1969a; georeferenced]
  18. Mediterranean Sea, 130 BCE-200 CE, trade routes tmcXMEm0200.html Mediterranean Sea, 130 BCE - 200 CE, trade routes
    [46 routes' segments; Src: Stone (ed.) 1989; georeferenced]
  19. The Black Sea, Mediterranean and the Atlantic coasts of Western Europe, 1400-1530 CE, Venetian galley-operated trade routes tmcXMEm1400.html The Black Sea, Mediterranean and the Atlantic coast of Western Europe, 1400-1530 CE, Venetian galley-operated trade routes
    [79 routes' segments; Src: Spufford 2002; georeferenced]
  20. Central Europe, 200 BCE-400 CE, 'Amber Road' trade routes tmcZCEm0100.html Central Europe, 200 BCE - 400 CE, 'Amber Road' trade routes
    [32 routes' segments; Src: www.bernsteinstrasse.net n.d; georeferenced]
  21. Europe, Levant and North Africa, 1300-1500 CE, trade routes tmcZWEm1300a.html Europe, Levant and North Africa, 1300-1500 CE, trade routes
    [266 routes' segments; Src: King 1985; georeferenced]
  22. Western Europe, 1370-1430 CE, banking courier routes tmcZWEm1400a.html Western Europe, 1370-1430 CE, banking courier routes
    [71 routes' segments; Src: Spufford 2002; georeferenced]
  23. Central Europe, 1500 CE, 'Holy Roman Empire' trade routes tmcZCEm1500.html Central Europe, 1500 CE, 'Holy Roman Empire' trade routes
    [159 routes' segments; Src: Davies and Moorhouse 2003; georeferenced]

  24. [further data sets will be published here ...]

Maintainer: Dr T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek@ciolek.com)

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