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Conference : Notre comté de Hainaut dans les cartes anciennes


Valenciennes, France
Organisation: Archives municipales et communautaires de Valenciennes
Jean-Louis Renteux, our member and former Vice-President, will give a lecture about the history of the mapping of Hainaut.
The first map of the county of Hainaut was drawn up in 1548 on the orders of Emperor Charles V. This was the golden age of cartography in the Spanish Netherlands. The lecture will set out the historical and scientific background to the production of the first maps of the region, and will look at the development of scientific and field cartography in Hainaut by Louis XIV's engineer-geographers. On this occasion, Jean-Louis Renteux will be presenting his collection of maps of Hainaut from Charles V to the French Revolution. This collection is now available online at the Valenciennes Archives website.
Venue: Médiathèque Simone-Veil - 4, rue Ferrand – 59300 Valenciennes (France)
Language: French
Time schedule: 18.00