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Our programme

Friday 17 October 2008
BIMCC Autumn Excursion
Leiden
Leiden University Library 'Bodel Nyenhuis Map Collection'.
Bodel Nyenhuis (1797-1872) was a pioneer in cartography. He worked in the book business and collected books and maps. He left his collection to the University of Leiden.
The Bodel Nyenhuis Collection has a new curator, Martijn Storms. He is willing to prepare a special map exhibition during the afternoon. He will guide us through the collection, rich with van Keulen manuscript maps, sea charts, VOC maps, colonial maps a.o. He will also show us the library.
The visit will, as usual, be free of charge and is limited up to 20 participants, with preference for paid-up BIMCC members. The visit is conducted in English. The registrations will be dealt with a first come, first served basis.
At 13.00 h.
Registrations can be sent by email to info@bimcc.org.
All precise information, such as address, a roadmap to get to the University and the registration form will be found in the September 2008 BIMCC Newsletter.
Saturday 13 December 2008
BIMCC Study Session
(place to be announced)
Provisional programme:
  • Peter van der Krogt (Prof. Utrecht University): Latin and cartography. This will be a practicle session and not a grammatical course. He will translate and comments short Latin cartouche texts. He has published a superb article on the use of Latin on maps (available in Dutch and English).
  • Martijn Storms (Curator Bodel Nyenhuis Collection Leiden): The evolution of the compass-windrose from the beginning to the beautiful designs in use during the sixteenth-seventeenth century. He will comment on their use and significance.
  • Eric Leenders & Jan De Graeve: Topography in practice. How did your town get on the right spot on the 16th century maps? How accurate was this? The process of triangulation and the results, obtained in that period, will be demonstrated on the regional wall maps from J. van Deventer.
  • Francis Herbert (Former Chief of the map room of the Royal Geographical Society): On the North Pole. He will show us the cartographic evolution of the maps of the North Pole with emphasis on the passage trials to the west and the east.
  • H. Decleir (Prof. Geography, VU Brussels): Prospective cartography of the North Pole. Climate changes caracterised by ice melting will not only change the face of the earth but will lead to redesign our maps. The opening to the west in a near future is highly probable. Will the opening to the east also follow? Pictures by satelites will enhance the conference.
Details will be announced in the September 2008 BIMCC Newsletter

Programme archive

Saturday 1 March 2008
Map Evening
Brussels
At 17.30 h
House of the Belgische unie van landmeters-experten van onroerende goederen / Union belge des géomètres-experts immobiliers, Rue du Nord/Noordstraat 76, Brussels. See map.
Our traditional Map Evening, brings together all those interested in maps – members as well as non-members – for an informal chat about a piece from their collection, and usually some quite surprising pieces come up. This is also an occasion for newcomers to get to know the Circle.
Wine and snacks will be served; participants are asked to pay EUR 10.00 at the door for expenses.
Please submit the enclosed registration form before 16 February 2008 to Vice-President/Secretary Eric Leenders (info@bimcc.org).
Saturday 1 March 2008
10th Annual General Meeting
Brussels
At 16.00 h
Attention, new venue!
House of the Belgische unie van landmeters-experten van onroerende goederen / Union belge des géomètres-experts immobiliers, Rue du Nord/Noordstraat 76, Brussels. See map.
All current (paid-up) members are invited to participate. However, according to the Statutes adopted in 2005, only Active Members have a vote. A personal invitation to this Annual General Meeting (AGM) with the agenda will be sent out to Active Members by separate mail.
In order to reinforce our Team, we invite those of our ordinary members interested in taking an active role in the life of the BIMCC to contact Vice-President/Secretary Eric Leenders (info@bimcc.org).The AGM would be very pleased to welcome new supporters in this Group, currently comprising 19 members, of whom 11 serve on the Executive Committee.
This is particularly important this year as the Executive Committee (EC) is due to be re-elected; current members are willing to continue to serve on the EC but, as Wulf Bodenstein has announced his intention to resign as President, functions will be redistributed within the EC. Active Members interested in joining the EC should write to the President (wulfbo@scarlet.be) before 1 February 2008.
As always, this AGM will be followed by the Map Evening.
Wednesday 20 February 2008
42nd meeting of the Executive Committee
Brussels
January 2008
BIMCC Newsletter No 30 issued


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Contents
  • Formatting Europe – Mapping a Continent
    • 6th International BIMCC Conference
    • The map exhibition
    • Ancient maps Calendar
  • Looks at books
    • Printed Maps of Scandinavia and the Arctic 1482-1601
    • The Mapping of Africa – A Cartobibliography of Printed Maps of the African Continent to 1700
    • The Portolan Atlas of Battista Agnese of 1546
  • The map of Flanders by Gerard Mercator and Jacob van Deventer
  • XIth Symposium of the International Coronelli Society for the Study of Globes
  • Cartography in the Vauban era – CFC conference
  • BIMCC news
    • BIMCC visit to the National Geographical Institute of Belgium
    • A word from the President
    • BIMCC Programme 2008
  • International news and events
  • Auction calendar
November - December 2007
2008 Calendar: Formatting Europe - Mapping a Continent - Ancient maps
2008 Calendar: Formatting Europe - Mapping a Continent - Ancient maps (10K)
In connection with the Europalia exhibition, Aquaterra NV took the initiative to publish a calendar (http://www.aquaterra.be/_files/news/1.pdf) with a selection of ancient maps from the collections of the Royal Library of Belgium shown at the exhibition. As the exhibition itself, the calendar is a joint project of the Royal Library of Belgium, the Brussels International Map Collectors' Circle (BIMCC) and Europalia. The twelve maps selected range from the Middle Ages till the 20th century and are reproduced in large format (62 x 40 cm).
It will be available at the exhibition, the Royal Library of Belgium, the BIMCC, and Aquaterra NV (http://www.aquaterra.be). Price: EUR 45.00. Only a limited number of this extraordinary calendar have been printed, making it a real collector's item.
17 November 2007 - 8 February 2008
Exhibition of Maps: Formatting Europe - Mapping a Continent
Brussels
From: Atlas Universel des Cinq Parties du Monde, dressé par Messrs. C.V. Monin & A.R. Fremin, Gravé par Benard. Paris, chez Binet, 1836. 195 x 250 mm. (Private collection) (4095 kB)

From: Atlas Universel des Cinq Parties du Monde, dressé par Messrs. C.V. Monin & A.R. Fremin, Gravé par Benard. Paris, chez Binet, 1836. 195 x 250 mm. (Private collection) (4095 kB)

European cartographers have depicted Europe throughout the centuries in several ways: allegorically, physically, politically, etc. Voluntarily or not, they sometimes took liberties with the reality. But this also was changing during the periods, specially relating to state borders.
The exhibition shows maps from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. The maps vary in aspect, aim and scale and have only one common feature: their subject. Grouped chronologically, they show the fascinating evolution of the continent and of its cartography.
It is a joint project of the Royal Library of Belgium, the Brussels International Map Collectors' Circle (BIMCC) and Europalia.
The exhibition will last until 8 February 2008.
An illustrated catalogue (in two versions, Dutch and French) is available at the price of 15.00 EUR. It has been published under the scientific direction of Wouter Bracke, Lisette Danckaert (BIMCC member), Caroline De Candt (BIMCC member) and Marguerite Silvestre. 142 pages. 12 x 23 cm. ISBN 2-87093-163-8.
Address: Houyoux Hall, Royal Library, Kunstberg - Monts des Arts, Brussels.
Further information from the Curator of the Exhibition, Wouter Bracke, Head of the Map Room at the Royal Library, tel +00 32 (0) 2 519 57 43, e-mail: wouter.bracke@kbr.be
Wednesday 12 December 2007
41th meeting of the Executive Committee
Brussels
Friday 16 November 2007 at 18.30
Official opening of the Exhibition of Maps: Formatting Europe - Mapping a Continent
Brussels
European cartographers have depicted Europe throughout the centuries in several ways: allegorically, physically, politically, etc. Voluntarily or not, they sometimes took liberties with the reality. But this also was changing during the periods, specially relating to state borders.
The exhibition will show maps from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. The maps vary in aspect, aim and scale and have only one common feature: their subject. Grouped chronologically, they show the fascinating evolution of the continent and of its cartography.
The exhibition will last until end 8 February 2008, and a bi-lingual catalogue (Dutch, French) will be available.
Address: Houyoux Hall, Royal Library, Kunstberg - Monts des Arts, Brussels.
Further information from the Curator of the Exhibition, Wouter Bracke, Head of the Map Room at the Royal Library, tel +00 32 (0) 2 519 57 43, e-mail: wouter.bracke@kbr.be
Friday 16 November 2007, 09.30 - 17.00
6th International BIMCC Conference
Formatting Europe - Mapping a Continent
Brussels
Every two years, Europalia International organizes a major international multidisciplinary arts festival to celebrate one country's cultural heritage, receiving over one million visitors during the last event in 2005. In 2007, the festival will be devoted to the culture of Europe and its 27 Member States to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties of Rome.
The Royal Library of Belgium and the BIMCC have launched a joint programme consisting of an Exhibition and a Conference on the theme of Formatting Europe - Mapping a Continent which is now part of the official Europalia.europa programme.
Programme :
  • Conference Chairman: Prof Günther Schilder (Utrecht)
  • Angelo Cattaneo (Florence): Europe on late Medieval and early Renaissance World Maps: provincializing Europe
  • Leena Miekkavaara (Helsinki): Unknown Europe: the mapping of the Northern Countries by Olaus Magnus 1539
  • Krystyna Szykula (Wroclaw): Anthony Jenkinson’s unique wall map of Russia (1562) and its influence on European cartography
  • Peter van der Krogt (Utrecht): European towns in Braun & Hogenberg’s town atlas
  • Markus Heinz (Berlin): Europe as seen by the Homann publishing firm in Nürnberg in the 18th century
  • Roderick Barron (Sevenoaks, UK): Bringing the map to life: European satirical maps, 1845 – 1945
  • Gilles Palsky (Paris): Connections and exchange in European cartography: the example of 19th century statistical maps
  • Bernard Jouret (Brussels): The space perception of the relief of Europe by contour lines: the remarkable work of J.-C. Houzeau, edited in 1857
09.30 – 18.00
Address: Auditorium Lippens, Royal Library, Kunstberg | Mont des Arts, Brussels.
More details from Wulf Bodenstein, tel. +32 (2) 772 69 09. Registration form.
The BIMCC is grateful for special sponsorship in favour of its part in the joint Formatting Europe - Mapping a Continent project to the following partners:
  • Librairie Henri Godts
  • The Romantic Agony
  • Antiquariaat Sanderus
  • Antiquariaat Plantijn
  • Puilaetco Dewaay Private Bankers
  • Loeb-Larocque
  • Paulus Swaen
  • Maselis N.V.
  • Passage de Douro BVBA
Wednesday 17 October 2007
40th meeting of the Executive Committee
Brussels
September 2007
BIMCC Newsletter No 29 issued
Friday 21 September 2007
BIMCC Autum Excursion to the National Geographic Institute
Brussels
Abbaye de la Cambre, Brussels
Monday 10 September 2007
39th meeting of the Executive Committee
Brussels
Wednesday 20 June 2007
38th meeting of the Executive Committee
Brussels
May 2007
BIMCC Newsletter No 28 issued


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Contents
  • Pictures at an exhibition
    • I: Magna Regio (Luxembourg with a common region)
    • II: Belgium on maps
  • Places with maps
    • The Geographical Panels in the Medici Guardaroba… revisited
  • Quick Looks at books
    • Shorter notes on five recent publications
  • Caert-Thresoor, a minor atlas as title of a journal
  • Christiaan van Adrichem: Initiation to the man, the book, the maps
  • BIMCC News
    • BIMCC Spring excursion to Rotterdam
    • Annual Activity Report 2006
    • BIMCC 9th Annual General Meeting
    • Map Evening
    • Programme for 2007
  • International news and events
  • Günter Schilder 65 years
  • Auction calendar
28 April 2007
Map Evening
Brussels
17.30 h
At the Collège Saint-Michel, Rue Père Eugène Devroye 12, 1040 Bruxelles (Be careful: different entrance!)
28 April 2007
9th Annual General Meeting
Brussels
16.30 h
At the Collège Saint-Michel, Rue Père Eugène Devroye 12, 1040 Bruxelles (Be careful: different entrance!)
29 March 2007
37th meeting of the Executive Committee
Brussels
3 March 2007
Spring Excursion to the Exhibition of VOC sea charts Treasure from Corpus Christi at the Maritiem Museum
Rotterdam
January 2007
BIMCC Newsletter No 27 issued


Newsletter No 27

Contents
  • Pictures at an exhibition
    • Images de Mons en Hainaut
  • Looks at books
    • I: The atlas of atlases
    • II: Go East, young man, A 'China-Indonesia' double vision
    • III: Five centuries of maps and charts of Croatia
    • IV: The van Keulen cartography, Amsterdam 1680-1885
    • Short notices on recent publications
  • The BIMCC visit to Utrecht University
  • Anchors aweigh on the fifth international BIMCC conference
  • History of cartography
    • Cosmography and sea charts in the 16th c.: Martin Waldseemüller's case
    • The portolan charts of Vincentius Demetrius Volcius
  • BIMCC News
    • Programme for 2007 and Europalia
    • Festschrift Lisette Danckaert
  • International news and events
  • Auction calendar
9 January 2007
36th meeting of the Executive Committee
Brussels
9 December 2006
5th International biennial conference: Charting the Seas - Seven centuries of maritime cartography
Brussels
The following Speakers have agreed to present a paper:
  • Prof. Corradino Astengo, University of Genova: Portolan charts and 'the art of navigation' - Fourteenth to sixteenth century
  • Monique Pelletier, Paris: Cosmography and sea charts in the early sixteenth century: Martin Waldseemüller's case
  • Drago Novak, Čakovec (Croatia), The Portolan Charts of Vicentius Demetrius Volcius (1563-1607)
  • Prof Günter Schilder, University of Utrecht: Early Dutch maritime cartography (1532-1630)
  • Dr Dirk de Vries, Oostburg (The Netherlands): The manuscript charts by the Van Keulen firm: a special mapcorpus
  • Dr Andrew Cook, India Office Records, British Library, London: British maritime charting of the East Indies and the creation of the Admiralty Hydrographic Office
The Conference Chairman will be Hans Kok. As usual, the event will take place at the Collège Saint Michel, Boulevard Saint Michel 24, 1040 Brussels.
11 November 2006
BIMCC present at the 5th Paris Map Fair
Paris
24 October 2006
35th meeting of the Executive Committee
13 October 2006, 14.30
Excursion to the Map Room of the University Library
Utrecht
This year's excursion will take us on Friday 13 October to the Map Room of the University Library in Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 3, 3584 CS Utrecht.
Dr Marco van Egmond, the newly appointed Map Curator, will guide us through a display of selected maps from their important collection, and this will be followed by a presentation of the Explokaart Research Programme by Paula van Gestel, the programme coordinator.
11 September 2006
34th meeting of the Executive Committee
September 2006
BIMCC Newsletter No 26


Newsletter No 26

Contents
  • Pictures at an exhibition
    • I: Europe's vision of the world on old maps
    • II: The Dutch mapping of Australia
  • Places with maps
    • La Galleria delle Carte Geografiche
  • Looks at books
    • I: Miniature Antique Maps
    • II: The Map Book
    • III: Valetta Citta Nuova
  • The Struve Meridian Arc
  • Those brilliant but forgotten scientists of the 19th century
  • BIMCC News
    • Programme for 2006
  • International news and events
  • Auction calendar
9 May 2006
33rd meeting of the Executive Committee
May 2006
BIMCC Newsletter No 25
Contents
  • Looks at books:
    • The Commerce of Cartography
    • Nederlandse zeekaarten uit de Gouden Eeuw
    • There is nothing wrong with a coffee table book
    • Ieper à la carte
    • Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America
    • Early Mapping of the Pacific
  • Those brilliant but forgotten scientists of the 19th century (Part II)
  • Nova Totius Belgii: Confusion!
  • Land Surveyors and their Maps in the 18th century Duchy of Brabant
  • BIMCC programme for 2006
  • Annual Activity Report 2005
  • Annual General Meeting
  • Map Evening
  • International news & events
  • Auction results and calendar
22 April 2006 at 16.30
8th Annual General Meeting
Brussels
22 April 2006 at 17.30
Map Evening
Brussels
15 February 2006
32nd meeting of the Executive Committee
January 2006
BIMCC Newsletter No 24
Contents
  • Pictures at an exhibition:
    • I: Cotton & Company
    • II: From the Azores to New Zealand
    • III: The provincial road atlases
  • Looks at books:
    • History of Brabant
    • The Atlas Maior of 1665
    • Ancient maps of the island Ré
  • Successful Study Session on Belgian cartography
  • Maps by Fricx
  • Seven letters to Abraham Ortelius acquired
  • Those brilliant but forgotten scientists of the 19th century
  • Visit to Dr. Tomasz Niewodniczański in Bitburg
  • BIMCC programme for 2006
  • International news & events
  • Auction results and calendar
Saturday 10 December 2005
Sixth Study Session
Belgian cartography - 16th to 19th centuries
Brussels
In the context of the celebrations marking Belgium’s 175th anniversary, the 6th BIMCC Study Session will be devoted to Belgian Cartography – 16th to 19th centuries.
Programme:
  • 09.30 Welcome by the President
  • 09.35-10.10 Jan De Graeve, The surveyor Gerard Mercator: his Library and Instruments
  • 10.15-10.50 Joost Depuydt, Dedications on Ortelius’s Parergon maps
  • 10.55-11.15 Coffee
  • 11.15-11.50 Wouter Bracke, Maps by Eugène Henri Fricx (1644-1730)
  • 11.55-12.30 Luc Janssens, Land surveyors and their maps in the 18th century Duchy of Brabant
  • 12.35-13.00 Apéritif
  • 13.00-14.45 Speakers’ Lunch: Participants will have the possibility of joining the traditional lunch nearby, at the Tribune d’Etterbeek, avenue de Tervuren 105, at their own expense (ca EUR 30.00).
  • 14.45-15.20 Lisette Danckaert, Vandermaelen’s cartographical View of the World and of Brussels
  • 15.25-16.00 Bernard Jouret, Some lesser-known 19th century military and civil surveyors
  • 16.05-16.30 Discussion - Conclusion
Some organisational points:
  • A conference Hand-out will be distributed giving, in addition to the detailed programme, a professional profile of each Speaker and an abstract of her/his presentation.
Saturday 1 October 2005
Excursion
Bitburg, Germany
BIMCC Excursion to the map collection of Dr Tomasz Niewodniczański in Bitburg, in the German Eifel region just the other side of Luxemburg. Dr Niewodniczański's unique collection has been the subject of numerous exhibitions all over Europe; see also the entry about his exhibition in Gdansk in Newsletter No 22, May 2005; a review of a recent catalogue appeared in Newsletter No 19, May 2004.
The conducted tour will be in English, with the help of the young carto-historian Dr Kozica, and at around 13.00 we will move on to a nearby restaurant for lunch. The afternoon is free for you.
September 2005
BIMCC Newsletter No 23
Contents
  • Exploring places with maps: Amsterdam Navigation Museum
  • Pictures at a gallery: Blueprint for Belgium
  • Looks at books:
    • I: Itineraria
    • II: L'aventure cartographique
    • III: Everest - The man and the mountain
  • The Belgian contribution to the measurement of the 30th meridian arc in Africa
  • BIMCC Programme for the second semester 2005
  • Map of the season: A map of Brussels by Vandermaelen
  • The Mythical Mountains of Kong
  • International Conference on the History of Cartography
  • International news & events
  • Auction calendar
Friday 20 May 2005
Annual excursion of the Freundeskreis für Cartographica in der Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Antwerp
The BIMCC participates in hosting the annual excursion of the Freundeskreis für Cartographica in der Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (Circle of Friends of Cartography in the Prussian Cultural Foundation - Berlin) who will visit Antwerp and spend the morning of 20 May at the Plantin Museum.
May 2005
BIMCC Newsletter No 22
Contents
  • Pictures at a gallery
    • La mer. Terreur et fascination
    • Monumenta Cartographica
  • Looks at books
    • Von einem, der daheim blieb, die Welt zu entdecken
      (Die Cosmographia des Sebastian Münster)
    • Geschichte der Kartographie
    • Science and technology in Islam
    • Inventaris van de handgetekende kaarten in de KBR
    • François de Dainville (1909-1971)
    • Landmeten en cartografie op de Koninglijke Academie in de 19de eeuw
    • L'atlas des atlas
    • La cartografia Europea tra primo Rinasciento e fine dell'Illuminismo
    • Egnazio Danti's anemoscope
  • Is there still a 'Scheldt question'?
  • A major restoration project at the State Archives in Belgium
  • BIMCC news
    • Annual activity report 2004
    • 7th Annual general meeting
    • 7th Map evening
    • BIMCC Programme for 2005
  • International news and events
  • Auction calendar
Saturday 16 April 2005
Map Evening
Brussels
Our traditional Map Evening, bringing together all those interested in maps — members as well as non-members — for an informal chat about a piece from their collection, and usually some quite surprising items come up.
Note: Professor Adrian Seville plans to attend the Map evening, and to present real Jeux de France, subject of his article in our Newsletter No 21 - January 2005.
Wine and snacks will be served; participants are asked to contribute EUR 10.00 at the door for expenses.
Saturday 16 April 2005
7th Annual General Meeting
Brussels
The 7th Annual General Meeting will be the first AGM under the revised statutes and, accordingly, will be reserved to Active Members (see report on previous page). However other Members interested in taking an active role in the life of the BIMCC may submit their application to this AGM and also become Active Members; all Members interested are invited to contact the Secretary.
Please note that this time the Executive Committee must be renewed (12 Members maximum). Active Members who are willing to take on responsibilities in running the Circle are invited to pose their candidature to join the Executive Committee; candidates should write to the President, at least a month in advance of the meeting. Thereafter, the Executive Committee will vote to re-assign the official functions (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, etc.).
An invitation to the AGM with the agenda will follow by mail.
January 2005
BIMCC Newsletter No 21
Contents
  • Looks at books on Africa
    • I: Journey into Africa
    • II: Imperial footprints
  • BIMCC International Conference: Into and out of Africa
  • Cartographic entries in Stanley’s sketch books
  • Recent auction results on Africa
  • Map of the season: Central Africa by A. J. Wauters
  • An extraordinary example of local cartography
  • Le jeu de France-Pierre Duval’s map game
  • BIMCC news
  • Visit to the Rare Books at the Royal Library, Brussels
  • Extraordinary General Meeting
  • BIMCC programme for 2005
  • International News & Events
  • Auction Calendar
Sunday 12 December 2004
Royal Museum for Central Africa
Tervuren
A small exhibition of Stanleyana and maps of Africa of the 19th century will be organised for Conference Participants in the Stanley Pavilion of the Museum, followed by a tour of the Museum. Details will be available to participants at the Conference.
Saturday 11 December 2004
4th Biennal International Conference
Into and Out of Africa — Mapping the dark continent in the later 19th century
Brussels
Speakers invited :
  • Caroline Batchelor (IMCoS, UK): The mythical Mountains of Kong
  • Imre Demhardt (University of Darmstadt, Germany): Developing the Cartography of German East Africa, 1856-1916
  • Olivier Loiseaux (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris): The 1:2 000 000 map of Africa by Régnauld de Lannoy de Bissy
  • Francis Herbert (Royal Geographical Society, UK): Explorers' maps in periodicals
  • Maurits Wynants (Africa Museum, Tervuren): Cartographic entries in Stanley's sketch books
  • James L. Newman (Syracuse University, USA): Imperial Footprints — the mapping of Stanley's African Journeys
As always, this event will coincide with the Mechelen Book-Fair at which our Sponsors will be present.
Friday 29 October 2004
Extraordinary General Meeting
La Tribune d'Etterbeek
Brussels
Access: Metro Montgomery
Agenda: (1) Approval of the modified Statutes of the BIMCC (2) Nomination of active Members
Friday 29 October 2004
Visit of the Rare Books Section under the guidance of its Head, Bart Op de Beeck
Bibliothèque Royale Albert Ier / Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I
Brussels
This section has one of the richest collections of ancient atlases, cosmographies and books with maps in Belgium.
On display will be a cross-section of the great classics (Mercator, Ortelius, Hondius, Blaeu, Visscher...), but also Ptolemy's Cosmographia in the Ulm edition of 1482 (the first with woodcut maps, by Nicolaus Germanus), a book of travels to the Holy Land by Nicolas Le Huen (Lyon, 1488, with maps and views), Peutinger Tables, Thomas More's Utopia (1516, with map), Cosmographies by Apian and Münster, travel accounts by Van Linschoten and De Bry, celestial and maritime atlases, town views by Braun & Hogenberg, Guicciardini, Bibles with maps and other rarities.
September 2004
BIMCC Newsletter No 20
May 2004
BIMCC Newsletter No 19
Saturday 24 April 2004
Sixth Annual General Meeting
Collège Saint-Michel
Brussels
Saturday 24 April 2004
2004 Map Evening
same address as above
January 2004
BIMCC Newsletter No 18
Saturday 13 December 2003
Fifth Study Session
Plans and views of towns and fortified places
Collège Saint-Michel, Brussels
Saturday 18 October 2003
Visit to a map collection
Halle