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Compiled by Wulf Bodenstein, Glenn Van den Bosch and Pierre Parmentier

E v e n t s

Cartografie in Brabant
from 7 November to 27 March 2010
Brussels
Centrum voor Brabantse geschiedenis, 36ste jaargang: Programma 2009-2010
  • 7 november 2009, Prof. dr. Frans DEPUYDT (KULeuven), Algemeen overzicht van de cartografie in de Nederlanden
  • 21 november 2009, Dr. hist. Bram VANNIEUWENHUYZE (RUGent), Zennesteden op de kaart: een diepgaande analyse van de stadsplannen van Brussel, Halle en Vilvoorde
  • 5 december 2009, Dr. hist. Luc JANSSENS (RAAnderlecht), Kaarten op bestelling (Het fonds kaarten en plannen in het ARA)
  • 19 december 2009, Dr. Lisette DANCKAERT (KBR), De stedelijke ontwikkeling van Brussel gezien vanuit gedrukte kaarten
  • 9 januari 2010, Dr. hist. Jaak OCKELEY (wet. medewerker ARA), Kadastrale kaarten uit de 19de eeuw
  • 23 januari 2010, Drs. hist. Georges VANDE WINKEL (Land van Aalst), De stedenatlas van Jacob van Deventer voor Brabant
  • 6 februari 2010, Drs. hist. Bart MINNEN (Land van Aarschot), De domaniale kaartboeken en gezichten van de Brabantse bezittingen van Karel van Croÿ (1595-1612): een veelzijdige bron voor het Brabantse landschap rond 1600
  • 20 februari 2010, Dr. Wouter BRACKE (KBR), De kaart van de Oostenrijkse Nederlanden van graaf de Ferraris
  • 13 maart 2010, Dra. Marika CEUNEN (Stadsarchivaris Leuven), De stedelijke ontwikkeling van Leuven in kaart gebracht
  • 27 maart 2010, Geleid bezoek aan de afdeling Cartografie in Ter Kameren, deze van de KBB of de afdeling Kaarten en plannen in de ARA.
Erasmushogeschool Brussel
Departement Industriële Wetenschappen
Nijverheidskaai 170, 1070 Brussel (Anderlecht)
De lezingen hebben plaats in het Departement Industriële Wetenschappen van de Erasmushogeschool Brussel, Nijverheidskaai 170, 1070 Brussel (Anderlecht), aan het kanaal.
Ze beginnen om 10.15 u. en worden gevolgd door een open discussie. Einde 12.00 u.
Het inschrijvingsgeld bedraagt 35.00 EUR voor de ganse cyclus. Per lezing: 5.00 EUR. Dit bedrag kan gestort worden op bankrekening 434-3122591-68 van Kon. Hist. Genootschap van Vlaams-Brabant en Brussel, p.a. Kapellestraat 36, 1730 Asse met vermelding Centrum Brabantse Geschiedenis, inschrijving of ter plaatse worden betaald.
Inlichtingen: dr. hist. Jaak Ockeley, Organisator CBG Voorzitter Kon. Historisch Genootschap van Vlaams-Brabant
Tel. +32 2 452 53 73. E-mail: jaak.ockeley@skynet.be
Nijverheidskaai 170, 1070 Anderlecht, Belgium
URI: http://www.erasmushogeschool.be/
Historical cartography and its methods - La cartographie historique et ses méthodes
Tuesday 16 March 2010
Paris
Cette journée propose de faire le point sur les méthodes de recherche appliquées à la cartographie historique. Il s’agira de confronter les différentes manières d’étudier les représentations cartographiques en tant qu’objet autonome de recherche, mais également de proposer une réflexion sur les recours à la cartographie pour les analyses historiques. Cette rencontre sera notamment l’occasion d’aborder différentes méthodes d’analyse (comparative, changement d’échelle, pluridisciplinarité, etc.) à travers des études de cas appartenant à des espaces et à des périodes variés. L’objectif de cette journée est de renouveler les réflexions sur les apports et les difficultés de ces méthodes. Il s’agira de s’interroger sur l’expérience des objets cartographiques par l’historien ou le chercheur en sciences sociales. Mieux cerner les appropriations et les pratiques scientifiques pour étudier en quoi le passage par les cartes est une aide à la compréhension des sujets de recherche.
Journée d’étude du GGH-TERRES
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
Salle CEAf au 2e étage du 96 bd Raspail, 75006 Paris
Journée organisée par Guenièvre Fournier-Antonini et Marie-Vic Ozouf-Marignier
Programme
Matinée 9.30 – 12.30
Président de séance : Maurizio Gribaudi (EHESS, LDH)
  • Jean Boutier (EHESS, Centre Norbert Elias): Les usages politiques de la cartographie locale sous Louis XIV (1660-1690).
  • Jean-Luc Arnaud (CNRS, Laboratoire TELEMME - MMSH): Temps figuré / temps retrouvé.
  • Nicolas Verdier (CNRS, Laboratoire Géographie-cités): Quelques apports du Système d'Information Géographique (GIS) à la recherche historique: le cas de l'analyse des réseaux de transports rapides du XVIIIe siècle en France.
Après-midi 14.00 – 17.00
Président de séance : Gilles Palsky (Université Paris I, Laboratoire Géographie-cités)
  • Jean-Claude Raynal (EHESS) et Adèle Sutre (EHESS): La mobilité bohémienne dans les années 1920 sur la frange littorale du Sud-ouest aquitain.
  • Dominique Baud (Université de Savoie, Laboratoire EDYTEM): L'évolution des pratiques agraires au sein d'un finage montagnard : méthodologie de recherche basée sur les cadastres savoyards (XVIIIe et XIXe siècles).
  • Ségolène Débarre (Université Paris I, Laboratoire Géographie-cités): Penser la cumulativité: l'usage des approches généalogiques en cartographie historique.
E-mail: Guenièvre Fournier-Antonini
URI: http://calenda.revues.org/nouvelle15807.html
Landscape or Blandscape? Exploring Cartographic Style in European Topographic Maps of the 20th Century
Thursday 18 March 2010
London
by Dr Alexander Kent (School of Geography, University of Southampton)
Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library), and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute).
Meetings are held at the Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB, at 17.00 on selected Thursdays. Admission is free and each meeting is followed by refreshments. All are most welcome.
URI: http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/areas/warburg#Maps%20and%20Society
La carte de France des Cassini (1747-1790)
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Sedan, France
Conference by Michel Desbrière. Michel Desbrière est historien de la cartographie. Après des études de germanistique en Sorbonne, il enseigne à Paris puis dans les Ardennes à partir de 1970. Il poursuit parallèlement des recherches en histoire de la cartographie (cartographie civile et militaire à moyenne et grande échelle aux confins du royaume de France et de l'Empire). Ses études portent sur une période allant du XVIe siècle à la fin du Premier Empire. Débordant du cadre frontalier, ses recherches se sont par ailleurs étendues aux travaux menés par les géodésiens et topographes français en Corse, à ceux des cartographes-paysans au Tyrol à la fin du Siècle des Lumières et à ceux conduits sous le Premier Empire en Rhénanie. Michel Desbrière a publié des articles dans diverses revues locales (Terres Ardennaises, Revue historique ardennaise…) et il collabore à des publications spécialisées du Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques et au périodique Le monde des Cartes. Il est l'auteur de deux ouvrages : Champagne septentrionale. Cartes et mémoires à l'usage des militaires. 1544-1659 (Cahier d'études ardennaises 17, 1995) et Chronique critique des lignes de défense de la Champagne septentrionale. 1644-1748 (Editions Terres Ardennaises, 2003). Il est membre de la Commission Histoire du Comité français de cartographie.
18h30. Amphithéâtre Pierre Mendès-France
URI: http://routenostalgie.over-blog.com/article-la-carte-de-cassini-et-ses-premices-45694848.html
Cosmography and Cartography in the Renaissance: Their Relationship Revisited
15 April 2010
London
by Dr Adam Mosley (Department of History and Classics, University of Swansea).
Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library), and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute).
Meetings are held at the Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB, at 17.00 on selected Thursdays. Admission is free and each meeting is followed by refreshments. All are most welcome.
URI: http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/areas/warburg#Maps%20and%20Society
Internationale Atlas-Tage 2010
21 - 25 April 2010
Berlin
At the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Kartenabteilung
Contact: Jürgen Espenhorst
Villigster Str. 32
58239 Schwerte
Tel: +49-2304-72284, Fax –78010
E-mail: pangaea@cityweb.de
URI: http://www.pangaea-verlag.de/Berlin_2010/ProgrammBerlin10.pdf
Kijken naar oude kaarten
22 April 2010
Brugge, Belgium
Conference by Dr. P. van der Krogt (Utrecht University)
Sint-Lodewijkscollege, Magdalenastraat 30, Brugge.
At 20.00.
URI: http://www.sint-lodewijkscollege.be/data/175_jaar_college/Programma/Bibliotheek_ontsloten.pdf
Settling Disputes through Cartography in Fourteenth-Century Palma de Mallorca: The Map of the Siquia Aqueduct
29 April 2010
London
by Dr Chet Van Duzer (Independent Scholar)
Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library), and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute).
Meetings are held at the Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB, at 17.00 on selected Thursdays. Admission is free and each meeting is followed by refreshments. All are most welcome.
URI: http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/areas/warburg#Maps%20and%20Society
Map of a Nation: The Early Ordnance Survey and the Politics of British Landscape
Tuesday 4 May 2010
Cambridge, UK
Rachel Hewitt (University of Glamorgan)
Cambridge Seminars in the history of cartography
Emmanuel College, St Andrew’s Street, Cambridge.
At 17.00. Venue: Gardner Room, Emmanuel College.
All are welcome. For further information and to join the mailing list, contact Sarah Bendall, Emmanuel College, Cambridge CB2 3AP, sarah.bendall@emma.cam.ac.uk, telephone 01223 330476.
URI: http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/maps/camsem0910.html
European Cartography Encounters with the Other in Sixteenth-Century Cartography
27 May 2010
London
by Dr Sandra Sáenz-López Pérez (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Madrid)
Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library), and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute).
Meetings are held at the Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB, at 17.00 on selected Thursdays. Admission is free and each meeting is followed by refreshments. All are most welcome.
URI: http://www.sas.ac.uk/events/areas/warburg#Maps%20and%20Society
London Map Fair 2010
5 - 6 June 2010
London
Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 (Entrance Exhibition Road)
Opening hours: Saturday 5 June 12.00-19.00, Sunday 6 June 10.00-17.00
URI: http://www.londonmapfairs.com/
17th Conference of the LIBER Groupe des Cartothécaires
15 – 19 June 2010
Tallinn, Estonia
The 17th Conference of the LIBER Groupe des Cartothécaires will be held in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. One conference day will be spent in the university town of Tartu. The general theme of the conference is A Map Library as the Centre of Cartographic Information.
URI: http://www.nlib.ee/108201
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
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
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

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
New davidrumsey.com Website Redesign
For the first time since its launch in 1999, the www.davidrumsey.com website has been completely redesigned and updated. With better navigation and structure, users will find it easier to explore the site's many viewers and collection database with over 21 000 maps online. A new Blog has been added to the site, and includes entries for Recent Additions, News, Featured Maps, Related Sites, and Videos. Over 200 historic maps from the collection can be viewed in a new browser-based version of Google Earth, and users can enter the Second Life version of the map collection directly from a dedicated Second Life portal page on the site. And the collection ticker at the bottom of the home page shows the entire online map library in random order over about 10 hours. As always, all maps can be downloaded for free directly from the site at full resolution.
From David Rumsey Map Collection Web site
URI: http://www.davidrumsey.com/
Posted on 16 December 2009
Texas Map Society (TMS) meetings: Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), 150th anniversary 
Arlington Texas University, 1 - 4 October 2009
The theme of the Texas Map Society (TMS) meetings was Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) celebrating his 150th anniversary.
On 1 October a series of lectures was arranged for Phd students to present the advancement of their research concerning A. von Humboldt and his influence, especially in South and North America.
Jeff Dillmann dealt with exploration of the Caribbean by naturalists botanists and von Humboldt.
Cameron Strang described the extension to the West over Louisiana by scientific explorers. Although A. von Humboldt never came to Texas, his influence was visible for the future generation of explorers.
Andres Jimenez-Angel’s paper was read (couldn’t get an entry visa). Exploring the trans-mission of knowledge for A. von Humboldt local scientists and also his reports to president Jefferson and the diffusion of knowledge to Europe.
Jim Seemann developed A. von Humboldt’s exploration of the Orinoco River and the border survey of Brazil where he couldn’t enter. A. von Humboldt discovered the link between the Orinoco and the Amazon rivers. A. von Humboldt was later imitated by many German explorers who studied South America in particular.
His network of correspondence was highlighted.
The Dean of the faculty, Gerald Saxon, and Prof. Imre Demhardt comments the presentation of their students.
2 October, Friday afternoon.
Fifty members of the Texas Map Society turned up for a hands on exercise of measuring in the fields. Half a dozen surveyors, members of TMS had presented their nineteenth century original instruments, mainly surveyors compasses to the audience and their (non metric!) chains.
Jan De Graeve gave an introduction to European surveyors in seventeenth – eighteenth century and offered John Loves – 1688 – Geodaesia: or, The Art of Surveying and Measuring of Land Made Easie reprint and Leybourn – 1679 – The Compleat Surveyor to the University ATU Library. For two hours the participants became surveyors in the field, reading the instruments, being chainman, etc. and preparing the field notes and sketches. Their were no snake nor Indians to perturb the fieldwork.
The delegates of the land-register O’Hara, Lambert, Harkins and Chiba, then explained how the field notes are examined, how to put the maps and registers in the official books. A live discussion with the audience concerned legal matters and practical problems to solve mapping, land titles, disputes errors and corrections.
In the evening, map-collectors invited the party to meet in their beautiful house near Dallas to see (part) of their map collection. I was fascinated by a large August Chevalier 1716 map of the world in excellent condition. The larger party presented maps concerned Texas and Mexico nineteenth century.
A great experience appreciated by all.
3 October
The president of the Texas Map Society, Garrett Powell, daughter of Mr Garrett and Mrs Powell, great partners to the special collections of the Arlington Library, presented Dr. Imre Demhardt, the specialist of von Humboldt, who will be the key address speaker in December 2009 at the BIMCC.
Jan De Graeve gave a presentation on Meridian measurements and The Shape of the Earth till Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, who measured the triangulation from Hammersfest (Norway) to Ismaël (now Ukraine) (2821 km), measured from 1815 to 1860. He also presented the first translation of the Struve Book, from french to english in two volumes (approx. 1000 pages) in folio, translated by Jim Smith (UK) and himself.
Prof. Imre Demhardt and Ralph Ehremberg, former archivist and administrator of the National Archives and Library of Congress (Washington), gave the key address about Alexander von Humboldt, Jefferson and the mapping of Louisiana territory. A very well documented presentation showing the influence of A. von Humboldt for the later explorers of the 'Wild West', Texas and the Rocky Mountains.
Prof. Imre Demhardt’s presentation is to be experienced in Brussels at the occasion of the BIMCC meeting on 5 December 2009.
The price for History of Cartography was granted to Pamela Anderson on her description and study of a map of the Orcades Isles (Orkney Islands), North of Scotland.
Jan De Graeve thanked the organisers and offered a 'Manuscript Letter of Malte-Brun to Dr. Peterson of Gotha', to the curator of the Library Benn Huseman.
A hands-on session ended the afternoon where participants commented their maps and instruments. A rare manuscript map of the nineteenth century of a Texas country is to be studied.
A magnificent diner in Forth Worth Club concluded this great day.
Sunday morning, 4 October a discussion breakfast at the Hilton housed a get together with a presentation of an auction home: Heritage of Dallas, and the director gave us a glimpse of his experiences and answered the questions of the audience.
Later, in Forth Worth a book-fair was attended by many participants, many book-dealers offered Texas, colt – cowboy memorabilia and a San Diego map-dealer had many rare maps for sale.
A great experience.
Posted on 11 December 2009.
By Jan De Graeve
Ordnance Survey maps to go free online
The UK government is to explore ways of making all Ordnance Survey maps freely available online from April 2010, in a victory for the Guardian's three-year Free Our Data campaign. The move will bring the UK into line with the free publication of maps that exists in the US.
Gordon Brown announced the change at a joint event in London today with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, who is now information tsar advising on the handing over of private government data to the public.
URI: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/17/ordnance-survey-maps-online
Posted on 11 December 2009.
Zsolt Török receives 2009 IMCoS / Helen Wallis Award
This award is granted annually by the Londonbased International Map Collectors’ Society (IMCoS) to the individual who, in the opinion of the Selection Committee, has been responsible for cartographic contributions of great merit and wide interest to map collectors worldwide. This prestigious distinction has been bestowed 26 times so far, upon 12 recipients in the UK, four each in the US and The Netherlands, two in Germany, and one each in Belgium, Cyprus, France and Spain.
Hungary can now be added to the list since this year’s award went to Dr Zsolt Török, Professor of cartography at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. As Tony Campbell, chairman of the Selection Committee, pointed out in his laudatory speech at the IMCoS annual dinner on 5 June 2009, Zsolt has been the driving force behind a number of important international cartographic events in Budapest, notably the ICHC conference in 2005. Apart from numerous outstanding contributions in the field of the history of cartography, Zsolt has recreated a series of traditionally made map and globe editions within his Cartart FacTsimile project (see http://lazarus.elte.hu/~zoltorok/Cartartweb/cartart_maps.htm).
The award was presented to him by Carol ine Batchelor.
Congratulations, Zsolt!
Posted on 6 September 2009.
By W.B.
And now: Maps and Music – listen to Cartography
Arve Henriksen, Cartography (36K)

Arve Henriksen, Cartography

Munich-based music producer ECM recently issued a CD entitled Cartography by Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen. Norway’s most profiled jazz musician has invented a musical style that will surprise jazz-friends just as much as, if not more, those into maps. The press-release has this to say: Cartography, the art of making maps, is an apt title. Henrikson’s music is almost a map of modes, of landscapes and soundscapes. His trumpet floats and hovers over ever-changing territory. In that sense, Cartography; belongs to an alternative tradition of music making that includes improvisation and soundsculpting.
If you are ready for something that takes you poetically across the horizon in enchanting harmony, get hold of this CD.
Contact sales@ecmrecords.com for orders.
Posted on 6 September 2009.
By W.B. (lupus saxophonicus)







Atlas Ferraris
Schlüssel-Carte zur Zusammensetzung der Cabinet-Carte deren Niederlanden; sheet 162 (sample) (52K)

Schlüssel-Carte zur Zusammensetzung der Cabinet-Carte deren Niederlanden; sheet 162 (sample)

On 7 May 2009 was presented in Brussels, in the Palace of Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, De grote atlas van Ferraris | Le grand atlas de Ferraris. It is a large and heavy book with a complete facsimile of the 275 manuscript sheets of the Schlüssel-Carte zur Zusammensetzung der Cabinet-Carte deren Niederlanden. An introduction by Wouter Bracke and an index with 3000 place-names complete the book.
The map elaborated under the direction of Joseph Jean François, count de Ferraris, was the first coherent and detailed topographical work of the territories presently occupied by Belgium. The original scale of the map was 7.5 lines for hundred toises i.e. 1:11 520. The scale of the facsimile is 1:20 000, similar to today's topographical map of Belgium. The work was presented on 10 December 1777 to Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg lands from 1780 to 1790.
Bibliographical data. De grote atlas van Ferraris | Le grand atlas de Ferraris. Tielt (Belgium): Uitgeverij Lannoo in cooperation with Éditions Racine, the Royal Library of Belgium and the National Geographical Institute, 2009. pp 600, 405 x 510 mm, ISBN 978-90-209-8138-4.
The presentation of the book was accompanied by speeches by Patrick Lefevre, General Director of the Royal Library of Belgium, by delegates of Sabine Laruelle and Peter De Crem, ministers of the federal government, by Maarten Van Steenbergen, delegate of the publisher and Wouter Bracke, head of the section Cartes et Plans | Kaarten en plannen of the Royal Library of Belgium.
An exhibition, held in the above mentioned Palace of Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, just next to the Royal Library of Belgium, illustrates the work of Joseph Jean François, count de Ferraris, with details about the making of the map: origins, sources, copies, topographical instruments. Large scale reproductions of maps give an idea of the landscape of the countryside at the end of eighteenth century, just before the early industrialization.
Press review:
Let us also indicate that an on-line reproduction of the map can be viewed on the Web site of the Royal Library of Belgium: http://belgica.kbr.be/fr/search/search_fr.html
URI (fr): http://www.racine.be/content/racine/wbnl/listview/2/index.jsp?titelcode=16098&fondsid=27
URI (nl): http://www.lannoo.com/content/lannoo/wbnl/listview/1/index.jsp?titelcode=16098&fondsid=12
Posted on 7 and 14 May 2009





E x h i b i t i o n s

La longue histoire de la carte dite des Cassini et ses prémices (1666-1790)
6 - 27 March 2010
Sedan, France
La carte de France dressée pendant la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle, dite carte des Cassini, est une œuvre majeure. C'est la première fois qu'un territoire vaste est entièrement levé suivant un procédé scientifique (la triangulation) et à une échelle relativement grande (1 : 86 400). Les 181 feuilles de la carte offrent une image homogène de la France du Siècle des Lumières. De ce produit fini, le public ignore souvent l'histoire. Aussi la présentation de quelques feuilles tirées des collections de la Médiathèque de Sedan est-elle enrichie de documents inédits. Ceux-ci mettent au jour les apports fondamentaux de l'entreprise menée par l'Académie royale des Sciences sous l'impulsion de Colbert. L'exposition illustre les différents aspects du travail réalisé par les ingénieurs dans le Sedanais, du terrain jusqu'à la gravure, afin de rendre compte des dessous de cette carte.
Médiathèque municipale, Corne de Soissons, 08200 Sedan
Opening hours:
  • Tuesday 14.00 - 17.45
  • Wednesday 10.00 - 12.00, 14.00 - 17.45
  • Thursday 14.00 - 17.45
  • Friday 14.00 - 17.45
  • Saturday 10.00 - 12.30, 13.30 - 16.45
Tel. +33 3 24 29 26 48
E-mail: mediatheque@ville-sedan.fr
URI: http://www.bm-sedan.fr/MASC25/
URI: http://routenostalgie.over-blog.com/article-la-carte-de-cassini-et-ses-premices-45694848.html
Armateurs et navigateurs dieppois (XVIe - XIXe siècles)
Saturday 29 May – Saturday 3 July 2010
Dieppe, France
L’exposition suit les navigateurs dieppois sur tous les continents où, pendant plus de trois siècles, ils ont fait escale. Dans cette histoire de mers, armateurs et navigateurs sont indissociables. La riche iconographie puisée dans le fonds ancien et local de la médiathèque met particulièrement en valeur cartes et navires.
Visites commentées de l'exposition, public adulte : tous les samedis.
Médiathèque Jean Renoir
1 quai Bérigny
76374 Dieppe
Tel. +33 2 35 06 62 62
URI: http://www.arl-haute-normandie.fr/Agenda-Armateurs-et-navigateurs-dieppois--XVIe---XIXe-siecles--2091.htm?page=1
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
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
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
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/