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Newsletter No 53

Titles of articles

Looks at books

  • The world in a mirror - World maps from the Middle Ages to the present date
  • Maps - Their Untold Stories
  • The Huber Weltatlas

Pictures at an Exhibition

  • Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), under the spell of classical antiquity
  • Drawing the city - Museum Plantin-Moretus
  • The Seven Seas - Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience

Miscellaneous

  • In memoriam: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kurt Brunner

History and Cartography

  • The map of 1542 Franco-Habsburg war by Enea Vico
  • Mapping the Ottoman Empire - An overview of Turkish cartographers
  • How old are portolan charts really? - Follow-up - Review by Joaquim Alves Gaspar
  • How old are portolan charts really? - Follow-up - Review by Tony Campbell

How I Got Into Cartography

  • How I got into cartography: Aksel De Meester