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On Saturday 10 December 2011, around 50 map enthusiasts - professionals and amateurs, BIMCC members and non- members who had seen the conference advertised in the context of the Europalia festival - met at the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels for the Annual International Conference. As is the tradition, the theme of the conference was aligned with the Europalia festival, which takes place every two years, and this year is on the theme of Brazil.
The eminent speakers were: Iris Kantor, from the University of Sao Paulo, Martijn Storms (University Library, Leiden), Professor Raymond Buve (University of Leiden), Professor Ben Teensma (University of Leiden),
The conference started with a stunning video shown by Ms Kantor, showing the evolution of Brazil in maps from the very earliest representations onwards. This really set the scene for the rest of the day. The variety of presentations for the single theme was both extremely interesting and gave a nicely rounded picture of the subject matter: an excellent overview of maps of Brazil taking the evolution of toponyms as the theme, a close-up of a single map, the Marcgraf map of Dutch Brazil, a history of the maps of Dutch Brazil, and finally a look at the Dutch West India Company "rutters" - a set of instructions for finding the way.
Wouter Bracke, Head of the Maps and Plans department of the Royal Library, had organised a superb display of maps of Brazil in the entrance hall, so there was plenty to do in breaks, and before and after the conference itself.
Some pictures of the events ...
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