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Compiled by the Members of the BIMCC, Wulf Bodenstein and Pierre Parmentier

E v e n t s

15. Kartographiehistorisches Colloquium (15th Colloquium on the History of Cartography)
2 – 4 September 2010
Munich, Germany
Organized by the Kommission Geschichte der Kartographie der Deutschen  Gesellschaft für Kartographie (History Commission of the German Society of  Cartography) and D-A-CH Arbeitsgruppe (Working Group of German, Austrian and  Swiss Historians of Cartography).
Excursions are planned around the three-day colloquium to visit places with significant map collections,  such as the Monastery of Füssen, Ingolstadt or specific Bavarian libraries.
To register, and for any further  information, contact Dr Markus Heinz,
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – PK, Kartenabteilung, Potsdamer Str.  33, D-10785 Berlin,
Tel. 00-49-30-266-43 55 00, fax 00-49-30-266-33 54 01,
E-mail: kartographiegeschichte@sbb.spk-berlin.de  
Location: Landesamt für Vermessung und Geoinformation Bayern, Alexandrastraße 4, 80538 München
URI: http://www.kartengeschichte.ch/dach/
Beyond the neat line: More than just geography
8 - 10 September 2010
Cambridge, England
The Map Curators’ Group of the British Cartographic Society is pleased to invite map curators, map librarians, archivists and all those charged with the care of maps to its 2010 Workshop at Cambridge University Library, in the historic city of Cambridge, England, 8-10 September 2010.
Wednesday 8 September
  • Martin Andrews, University of Reading Department of Typography, 18th and 19th century map printing processes
  • Steve Chilton and Ifan Shepherd, Middlesex University, Staff carriers and bean counters: Unravelling the who and the why of the first 6-inch survey of England and Wales
  • Marco van Egmond, Map Curator, Utrecht University Library, Collecting digital cartographic data in Utrecht: storage and accessibility
  • Matt Knutzen, Geospatial Librarian, The New York Public Library Map Division, Maps@NYPL: New collaborative methods in (re)presenting historical geography
  • Richard Oliver, University of Exeter, Honorary Research Fellow in the History of Cartography, 20th century Ordnance Survey paper map marginalia and metadata
Thursday 9 September: Seppe Cassettari and Fiona Cocks of The GeoInformation Group will lead two demonstration sessions: A Beginner’s Guide to UKMap and Discovering the Past through Aerial Photography. The GeoInformation Group is a leading provider of high resolution aerial photography and geospatial information products, and is also developing a large scale database of the UK. After lunch: “Town and gown” walking tour of Cambridge, and then delegates have a choice of visits to the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, whose internationally known collection of early scientific instruments includes one of the country’s finest collections of globes, or Gonville & Caius College Archive, where the collections span eight centuries and some of their cartographic treasures will be on display.  
Friday 10 September: a coach will take the participants to London where the British Library Map Collections will host a private guided tours of the major exhibition Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art, conducted by curators Peter Barber and Tom Harper.
Contact: Anne Taylor, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. E-mail: aemt2@cam.ac.uk
URI: http://www.cartography.org.uk/downloads/MCG/MCG_Sept2010_brochure_final.pdf
Staverden Map Fair
Friday 1 October and Saturday 2 October 2010
Castle Staverden, Ermelo, The Netherlands
The 1st International  Antique Map Fair at Castle Staverden will be organized on Friday 1 October and Saturday 2 October 2010.
Staverden Map Fair is initiated by Cartographic Antiquarian Map and Book Seller Edward Wells B.V.
A huge number of leading European Antiquarian Map Sellers will exhibit at the Staverden Map Fair. These exhibitors are specialized in Antique Maps, Decorative Prints, Rare Atlases and Geographic Books.
Opening hours: 14.00 - 20.00 on Friday and 10.00 - 18.00 on Saturday.
Fair admission is EUR 6.00.
Castle Staverden  is located in the centre of the Veluwe, an attractive wooden area in the heart of the Netherlands, at only 10 minutes from the town of Harderwijk and 20 minutes from Apeldoorn.
URI: http://www.staverdenmapfair.nl/
IMCoS 28th International Symposium
3 - 6 October 2010
London
Theme of the Symposium: Britain - Power & Influence in the 17th & 18th Centuries
Organized by IMCoS (International Map Collectors’ Society). For the full programme, see IMCoS Web site.
URI: http://www.imcos.org/london2010main.htm
3rd International Symposium on the History of Cartography - Charting the Cartography of Chartered Companies
10 - 13 October 2010
Arlington, Texas, USA
Organized in conjunction with
  • the 7th Biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography (Friday 8 October 2010);
  • the Fall Meeting of the Texas Map Society (Saturday 9 October 2010);
  • a Special Map Exhibition in the gallery of Special Collections at the University of Texas at Arlington;
  • technical and social excursions, and
  • a meeting of the ICA Commission on Maps and Society
The 3rd International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography is  organized by the  ICA Commission, in collaboration with the Chair in the History of Cartography at the University of Texas at Arlington, Special Collections at UTA Library, and the Texas Map Society. The Symposium will be open to all cartographers, geographers, historians, map collectors, academics and lay persons interested in the history of cartography, especially but not restricted to the period from the mid-18th to the mid-20th centuries.  Members of the ICA Copmmission on Maps and Society will also attend the Symposium and participate in the proceedings.
URI: http://www.icahistcarto.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35&Itemid=37
Cartographic Race Games in Europe: Entertainment, Education - or Influence?
4 November 2010
London
Lecture by Professor Adrian Seville (formerly City University, London).
The Warburg Institute
Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library), and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute).
Enquiries: +44 20 8346 5112 (Dr Delano Smith) or info@tonycampbell.info.
Meetings are held at The Warburg Institute, University of London, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB at 17.00. Admission is free.
URI: http://www.maphistory.info/warburgprog.html
10th Paris Map-Fair
Saturday 6th November 2010
Paris
Maps - Atlases - Travel books
Hotel Ambassador
16, Bd Haussmann, 75009 Paris, France
Opening hours: 11.00 - 18.00
URI: http://www.map-fair.com/index.php
The Compost of Ptolemy and the Gosson Map (1600/1623?): English Geographic Thought and the Early Modern Print Almanac
2 December 2010
London
Lecture by Professor Meg Roland (English Literature and Writing, Marylhurst University, Oregon).
The Warburg Institute
Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library), and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute).
Enquiries: +44 20 8346 5112 (Dr Delano Smith) or info@tonycampbell.info.
Meetings are held at The Warburg Institute, University of London, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB at 17.00. Admission is free.
URI: http://www.maphistory.info/warburgprog.html
Mapping Africa from the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century. Construction, Transmission and Circulation of Cartographic Knowledge about Africa (Europe, Arab world and Africa) - Cartographier l’Afrique IXe-XIXe siècle. Construction, transmissions et circulations des savoirs cartographiques sur l’Afrique (Europe, monde arabe et Afrique)
2 - 3 December 2010
Paris, France
Colloque organisé par le CEMAf (Centre d’études des mondes africains)
URI: http://www.cemaf.cnrs.fr/spip.php?article455
The First Two Centuries of Mercator Projection Sea Charts: Positioning the Practitioners, Leaving the Ships at Sea?
20 January 2011
London
Lecture by Gillian Hutchinson (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich).
The Warburg Institute
Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library), and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute).
Enquiries: +44 20 8346 5112 (Dr Delano Smith) or info@tonycampbell.info.
Meetings are held at The Warburg Institute, University of London, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB at 17.00. Admission is free.
URI: http://www.maphistory.info/warburgprog.html
Eighteenth Annual Miami International Map Fair - The Super Bowl of mapdom - Miami Today
5 – 6 February 2011
Miami, USA
Proceeds from Map Fair go toward maintaining and improving the Historical Museum’s exhibitions, educational programming and community outreach.
Historical Museum of Southern Florida, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33130
URI: http://www.hmsf.org/programs-mapFair.htm
Cartography and Credulity: Mapping the Sources of the Nile since 150 AD
17 February 2011
London
Lecture by Emeritus Professor Roy Bridges (Department of History, University of Aberdeen).
The Warburg Institute
Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library), and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute).
Enquiries: +44 20 8346 5112 (Dr Delano Smith) or info@tonycampbell.info.
Meetings are held at The Warburg Institute, University of London, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB at 17.00. Admission is free.
URI: http://www.maphistory.info/warburgprog.html
London 1747 and Dublin 1756: John Rocque's Capital City Maps
3 March 2011
London
Lecture by Dr John Montague (Royal Irish Academy, Dublin).
The Warburg Institute
Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library), and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute).
Enquiries: +44 20 8346 5112 (Dr Delano Smith) or info@tonycampbell.info.
Meetings are held at The Warburg Institute, University of London, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB at 17.00. Admission is free.
URI: http://www.maphistory.info/warburgprog.html
A Window on the World: Maps in the European Schoolroom in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
31 March 2011
London
Lecture by Tom Harper (Maps, British Library).
The Warburg Institute
Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library), and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute).
Enquiries: +44 20 8346 5112 (Dr Delano Smith) or info@tonycampbell.info.
Meetings are held at The Warburg Institute, University of London, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB at 17.00. Admission is free.
URI: http://www.maphistory.info/warburgprog.html
Mapping the Farthest Western lands: Gerald of Wales on Ireland and English Imperium in the Twelfth Century
5 May 2011
London
Lecture by Dr Diarmuid Scully (School of History, University College, Cork).
The Warburg Institute
Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library), and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute).
Enquiries: +44 20 8346 5112 (Dr Delano Smith) or info@tonycampbell.info.
Meetings are held at The Warburg Institute, University of London, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB at 17.00. Admission is free.
URI: http://www.maphistory.info/warburgprog.html
Local Maps in Medieval Europe. The Last Twenty Years
26 May 2011
London
Lecture by Professor Emeritus P. D. A. Harvey (Department of History, University of Durham).
The Warburg Institute
Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library), and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute).
Enquiries: +44 20 8346 5112 (Dr Delano Smith) or info@tonycampbell.info.
Meetings are held at The Warburg Institute, University of London, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB at 17.00. Admission is free.
URI: http://www.maphistory.info/warburgprog.html
ICC 2011 - 25th International Cartography Conference and the 15th General Assembly of the International Cartographic Association
3 – 8 July 2011
Paris, France
URI: http://www.icc2011.fr/fr
24th International Conference on the History of Cartography (ICHC)
10 - 15 July 2011
Moscow, Russia
URI: http://www.ichc2011.ru/
25th International Conference on the History of Cartography (ICHC)
July 2013
Helsinki, Finland
The Board of Directors of Imago Mundi Ltd is delighted to announce that Helsinki has been chosen as the venue for the 25th International Conference on the History of Cartography (ICHC). This will take place in July 2013.

N e w s

New web-site of the Royal Museum for Central Africa, with maps
The RMCA in Tervuren near Brussels has recently inaugurated a new web-site introducing an on-line collection data base of its very rich holdings in the domains of Natural Sciences and Human Sciences. In the latter department there are 27 sections, with photographs of the Charles Lemaire expedition (1898-1900), explorers’ sketches, ethnographic field photographs, musical instrumernts, masks, and many more. The Stanley collection is, of course, well represented, with photographs of the explorer, objects from his expeditions and a beautiful set of 63 lantern slides in colour which Stanley used during his conferences. Also part of this data base is a cross section of ancient maps from 1511 to 1885 of the map collection of the History Section. The 20 maps can easily be zoomed into, and the verso texts of some of them can also be read. Languages are French, Dutch and English.
URI: http://www.africamusem.be/collections/browsecollections/humansciences
Posted on 9 August 2010
The July 2010 issue of Cairt - the Scottish Maps Forum newsletter has just been issued
The main highlights in this issue:
This issue of Cairt can be read as a PDF at: http://www.nls.uk/collections/maps/subjectinfo/cairt17.pdf
Previous issues of Cairt can all be read at: http://www.nls.uk/collections/maps/subjectinfo/cairt.html
Posted on 14 July 2010 - From Maphist Digest, Vol 59, Issue 14
Barcelona lectures on history of cartography, now on-line
The Institut Cartografic de Catalunya organized in Barcelona (Spain) between 1989 and 2001 an annual seminar on history of cartography. A book of every seminar was published at that time mainly in English. Some of those books are now sold out (like the first one of Eila Campbell and Monique Pelletier or the last one of David Woodward, Catherine Delano-Smith and Cordell D.K. Yee).
Now you can find all the books on line in: http://www.icc.cat/eng/Home-ICC/Home/Map-Library/Published-titles
Info: Carme Montaner, Institut Cartografic de Catalunya, Cartoteca de Catalunya, Parc de Montjuic s/n, 08038 Barcelona
URI: http://www.icc.cat
Posted on 12 July 2010
Distortions on Sixteenth-century Maps of America
By James E. Kelley Jr.
Cartographica - from issue 32:4 (Winter 1995) now on-line.
URI: http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/2r98383754272t27/?p=0627191efcd349b08b35982ffecbff2e&pi=0
Posted on 12 July 2010
Creation of the Malta Map Society
The first meeting of the very first Malta Map Society was held on Saturday 6 March 2010 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Valletta. Dr. Albert Ganado was nominated President of the new society. The statutes of the new society were approved and eight Committee members were appointed. At the present time there are some 28 members.
A number of topics were discussed such as the immediate setting up of a website, documenting the numerous old oil paintings on the island which feature maps and which are found mostly in private collections, the maps kept at the National Library and the National Maritime Museum. Meetings of the new society will be held at the Museum of Fine Arts in Valletta, which presently houses the Albert Ganado Malta Map Collection.
People interested in this society may contact its Secretary, Joseph Schiro: joseph.schiro@onvol.net
Posted on 25 June 2010
Imago Mundi
As many of you are aware, 2010 is the 75th anniversary year of Imago Mundi (founded in Berlin in 1935 by Leo Bagrow). To mark the occasion, a Special Issue is being prepared under the Guest Editorship of Professor Mike Heffernan (University of Nottingham).
Posted on 30 May 2010
e-Perimetron
The new issue of e-Perimetron [Vol. 5, No. 2, 2010] is now available in the net: http://www.e-perimetron.org
  • De Boer A. Processing old maps and drawings to create virtual historic landscapes, 49-57
  • Chias P., T. Abad
    The nautical charts of the Spanish Mediterranean coasts in the 18th and 19th centuries: digital methods to compare the cartographical techniques of the main European Navies, 58-74
  • Bročić P., I. Kordić, E. Sarajlić
    Archives of nautical charts and publications, HHI museum in its formative stage, 75-87
  • Montaner C., R. Roset
    Impact of the internet users on the Map Library of Catalonia access collections, 88-96
  • Gercsák G., M. Márton
    New terminology of differentiating digital facsimiles, 97-102
  • Livieratos E.
    A variant of Rigas Velestinlis Version-A Charta: The Kapesovo copy, 103-106
Posted on 30 May 2010
Tomasz Niewodniczański
It is with great sadness that we announce the death, during the night, on 2/3 January 2010, of Dr. Tomasz Niewodniczański, aged 77.
The funeral will take place in Bitburg on 11 January 2010 at 14.00.
He was a man of Renaissance; Phd of Physical science, a manager of a large company, a collector of maps, atlases and archives, an expert in political history and a patriot of Central Europe.
He was decorated three Commander's Crosses by presidents of: Germany (2002), Lithuania (2004) and Poland (2005).
Published by Lucyna Szaniawska on MapHist on 6 January 2010
Posted on 7 January 2010
Read also obituary on our homepage.
Cartographica Helvetica - 20 years and full text
20 years ago the first issue of Cartographica Helvetica, the leading German-speaking journal on the history of cartography, was published. The editors and the publisher are delighted to be able to celebrate this jubilee: 40 issues with 188 feature articles written by 134 authors. All in all 2172 pages on the history of cartography in Switzerland, Europe and the entire world have been published.
In order to make the journal more widely available and to support research, Cartographica Helvetica has been scanned and converted into searchable full text during summer 2009. The digitized journal has been published by the Swiss Electronic Academic Library Service. However, the two latest issues will only be available with a delay of twelve months. The following main features are worth mentioning:
  • a simple Google-like full-text search,
  • users can refine their search by using different filters,
  • it is also possible to browse the contents of the issues,
  • every page and every article can be downloaded as PDF file,
  • the entire user interface is available in English, German and French.
The service is available for non-commercial teaching and research, as well as for private use free of charge. To enter the service please go to our web site http://www.kartengeschichte.ch and follow the links.
by Markus Oehrli (technical manager of www.kartengeschichte.ch, on behalf of the editors and the publisher of Cartographica Helvetica)
URI: http://www.zb.uzh.ch/
Posted on 6 January 2010





E x h i b i t i o n s

Voyage urbain à travers les siècles
Saturday 10 July – Saturday 21 August 2010
Montivilliers, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
L’exposition présente une sélection de manuscrits, de cartes et plans emblématiques de l’histoire et de l’évolution urbaine de la ville de Montivilliers. Prolongez l’exposition par une promenade à la rencontre des vestiges de la ville médiévale. Visite commentée de l’exposition, tout public : tous les samedis.
Bibliothèque Condorcet
50 rue Léon Gambetta
76290 Montivilliers
Tel. +33 2 35 30 96 10
URI: http://www.arl-haute-normandie.fr/Agenda-Voyage-urbain-a-travers-les-siecles-2092.htm?page=1
Pont manuscript maps
5 July - 29 August 2010
Edinburgh, Scotland
National Library of Scotland
A changing selection of original Pont manuscript maps of Scotland will be on display in the treasures exhibition space. As many will know, the Pont maps (ca. 1583-1614) are the earliest detailed cartographic survey of Scotland, and are one of the Library's greatest historical and geographical treasures. Pont's work also formed the substantial basis for Volume V of Joan Blaeu's Theatrum orbis terrarum sive atlas novus (1654).
Contact: Chris Fleet, Senior Map Curator
National Library of Scotland, 33 Salisbury Place, Edinburgh, EH9 1SL, United Kingdom.
Venue: National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh
Monday to Friday: 10.00-20.00; Saturday: 10.00-17.00; Sunday: 14.00-17.00
URI: http://www.nls.uk/exhibitions/index.html
Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art
Friday 30 April 2010 - Sunday 19 September 2010
London
Maps can be works of art, propaganda pieces, expressions of local pride, tools of indoctrination… Magnificent Maps brings together some of the largest, most impressive and beautiful display maps ever created.
Opening in April 2010, Magnificent Maps showcases the British Library's unique collection of large-scale display maps, many of which have never been exhibited before, and demonstrates why maps are about far more than geography.
The exhibition will include large-scale, impressive maps from the 1400s to the present day, including the largest book in the world, the Klencke Atlas of 1660. It will suggest the settings in which they might originally have been seen – from the palace to the schoolroom and the home – reveal the themes that unite them, and highlight the sheer artistry that was involved in their production.
Magnificent Maps will also explore the reason behind the construction of these visually arresting works of art. Which range from maps used for indoctrination or expressions of local pride to irrefutable statements of power and illustrations of rulers' spheres of influence.
This exhibition will be supported by a wide range of events, from talks and discussions to family events. For more details keep an eye on the website in March 2010.
Paccar Gallery, British Library
Price: Free
URI: http://www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/magnificentmaps/index.html
A swing through time
18 June - 14 November 2010
Edinburgh, Scotland
National Library of Scotland
The exhibition focuses on the history of golf in Scotland. However, it does also feature several maps! Original items on display include John Geddie's bird's-eye view of St Andrews in the 1580s, maps of Gleneagles and environs in the 1820s, as well as an early 20th century photograph and fixture cards from John Bartholomew & Co's staff Golf Club.
Contact: Chris Fleet, Senior Map Curator
National Library of Scotland
33 Salisbury Place, Edinburgh, EH9 1SL, United Kingdom.
Venue: Both exhibitions are in the National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh
Monday to Friday: 10.00-20.00; Saturday: 10.00-17.00; Sunday: 14.00-17.00
URI: http://www.nls.uk/exhibitions/golf/index.html
La mer à l'encre. Trois siècles de cartes marines, XVIe - XVIIIe siècles
1 February - December 2010
Rochefort, France
La prochaine exposition temporaire de la Corderie Royale vous invite à un fabuleux voyage dans la cartographie ancienne.
Dès le 1er février 2010 et durant toute l'année, la Corderie Royale de Rochefort propose sa nouvelle exposition : La mer à l'encre. Trois siècles de cartes marines, XVIe - XVIIIe siècles.
Il s’agit de pénétrer dans un univers de symboles, apprendre à décoder les indications ésotériques d’une cartographie encore largement imaginaire, suivre l’avancée des connaissances, la rectification d’un tracé de côte… On pourra se mettre dans la peau d’un prince, heureux détenteur d’une de ces cartes, effleurer les drapeaux dorés à l’or fin délimitant le contour d’un empire conquis de haute lutte
Au-delà d’un voyage dans la fabuleuse iconographie des cartes et planisphères d’autrefois (avant Beautemps-Beaupré), il s’agit d’interroger la pratique des marins : comment se repérait-on en haute mer ? La carte était-elle indispensable pour naviguer ? Comment les données d’une carte étaient-elles interprétées ?
L’exposition (ponctuées d’images magnifiques, d’instruments de navigation anciens, d’animations multimédia) met en scène une confrontation constante entre symbolisation cartographique d’une part et pratique de la navigation d’autre part, entre l’œil du cartographe et l’expérience concrète du pilote. De l’un à l’autre la distance était parfois considérable et l’art de naviguer largement une question … de flair ou de sens marin.
Trois temps forts dans l'exposition :
  • une présentation de l’extraordinaire production cartographique des ports normands du XVIe siècle (Dieppe, Honfleur, Rouen), rapprochée de la réalité de la navigation à l’estime à l’époque de la Renaissance,
  • une partie centrale consacrée au grand œuvre cartographique du siècle classique français : le Neptune François (1693), aboutissement remarquable d’une entreprise conduite par l’État à l’instigation de Colbert : 29 cartes y composent un atlas des côtes d’Europe, de la Norvège à Gibraltar. À cette époque, les méthodes de relevé et d’élaboration des cartes changent en profondeur,
  • enfin l’utilisation du théâtre filmé et vidéo projeté pour embarquer le visiteur sur le pont d’un navire dans un débat (réaliste mais plein d’humour) entre un cartographe du XVIIIe siècle, plongé dans d’abrupts calculs, et un capitaine angoissé confronté à des obstacles bien réels.
Le bateau arrivera-t-il à bon port ?
Les partenaires scientifiques :
  • Outre le SHD département Marine de Rochefort, il a été fait appel à l’IGN, au CNAM et au Musée National de la Marine pour le prêt d’objets et documents historiques.
  • Le fonds iconographique sera fourni essentiellement par la Bibliothèque Nationale de France et le SHD de Vincennes.
La Corderie Royale
BP 50108
17303 Rochefort Cedex
Telephone : +33 5 46 87 01 90
URI: http://www.corderie-royale.com/fr/actuellement/exposition-temporaire-la-mer-l-encre-trois-siecles-de-cartes-marines-du-xvie-au-xviiie-siecle.html
Du Havre...au-delà des mers. Explorateurs, voyageurs et négociants (XVIe - XXe siècles)
Saturday 2 October – Friday 31 December 2010
Le Havre, France
Bibliothèque Armand Salacrou
17 rue Jules Lecesne
76600 Le Havre
Tel.: +33 2 32 74 07 40
De Verrazano à Jean Charcot, dix itinéraires de voyageurs partis du Havre pour découvrir, explorer, commercer au-delà des océans, avec Le Havre pour port d’attache : voyages à travers manuscrits, cartes, plans et documents rares…
Visites guidées et animations.
Renseignements sur Zazimut, programme culturel des bibliothèques du Havre
URI: http://www.arl-haute-normandie.fr/Agenda-Du-Havre...au-dela-des-mers.-Explorateurs,-voyageurs-et-negociants--XVIe---XXe-siecles--2095.htm?page=1
Renaissance am Rhein
16 September 2010 – 6 February 2011
Bonn, Germany
An exhibition devoted to art, history and culture of the regions and cities along the Rhine during the Renaissance. Among the 300 exhibits are maps, instruments and other documents by and on cartographers of this period, from Cusanus, via Johannes Ruysch, Kaspar Vopelius, Christian Sgrooten up to Gerard Mercator and his son Arnold. Seen in the context of the European dimension of court life, trade and manifestations of the arts that flourished here during the 16th century, these maps, town plans and views represent an essential component of the intellectual and scientific milieu of that time.
Catalogue of 384 pp. with ca 400 colour illustrations, EUR 19.80 in the exhibition, EUR 38.80 in bookstores.
LVR LandesMuseum Bonn, Colmantstr. 14-16, D-53115 Bonn
Tel +49- (0)228-2070-0
Fax +49-(0)228-2070-299
URI: http://www.rlmb.lvr.de/ausstellungen/vorschau
Exploring the Early Americas: The Jay I. Kislak Collection
13 December 2007 - indefinite (Ongoing Exhibition)
Washington, USA
Exploring the Early Americas features selections from the more than 3 000 rare maps, documents, paintings, prints, and artifacts that make up the Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress.
This ongoing exhibition has three major themes: Pre-Contact America; Explorations and Encounters; and Aftermath of the Encounter. Like the Jay I. Kislak Collection itself, the exhibition provides glimpses into the complex and fascinating past of the Americas. It provides insight into indigenous cultures, the drama of the encounters between Native American and European explorers and settlers, and the pivotal changes caused by the meeting of the American and European worlds. The last theme explores the profound growth of knowledge, particularly in natural history and geography, resulting from the encounters. This section includes two extraordinary maps by Martin Waldseemüller created in 1507 and 1516, which depict a world enlarged by the presence of the Western Hemisphere.
This installation begins the public’s direct and permanent access to a remarkable private collection and the collection’s full availability for research and scholarly exploration. Throughout the exhibition, interactive presentations enable visitors to learn directly from the artifacts, books, documents, paintings, and maps.
Northwest Gallery, Second Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building.
Monday - Saturday, 10.00 h to 17.00 h.
URI: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/earlyamericas/
The legacy of the Netherlands
Indefinite exhibition
The Hague, The Netherlands
A thousand years of Dutch history based on treasures from the National Library of the Netherlands and the National Archives.
At Prins Willem Alexanderhof. Open Monday till Saturday: 9.00 - 17.00, Tuesday evenings 17.00 - 20.00, Sunday: 12.00 - 17.00.
Tel. +31 070 3140911/070 3315400.
URI: http://www.deverdiepingvannederland.nl/adres.html
Mapping the Past: A Selection of Antique Cartography from the Newton Collection
No dates, but on-line display!
Savannah, USA
Highlights include 1597 maps from the earliest atlas of the Americas, 1776 military maps, and other 18th- and 19th-century maps, many of them hand colored. Cartographers include Wytfliet, Hondius, Monath, Lotter, d'Anville, Faden, Lodge, Cary, and Wyld.
lst Floor Map Galleries. Newton Center for British-American Studies, 227 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (2 doors north of the Savannah Visitors Center). Open to the public free of charge Monday-Friday 10.00 - 17.00; Sunday 13.00 - 17.00.
For further information or to arrange group tours, Maureen Burke (e-mail: smburke@sysconn.com).
URI: http://www.scad.edu/museum/