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Gerard Mercator, Belgisch-Deutsches Universalgenie [Belgo-German universal genius] (1512-1594)


Brussels, Belgium
Organisation: Belgisch-Deutsche Gesellschaft
Conference and reception organised by the Belgisch-Deutsche Gesellschaft.
Speakers Roland Wolf (Kultur- und Stadthistorisches (Merkator) Museum, (Duisburg), Thilo Elsner (IUZ Sternwarte Bochum) and Jan De Graeve (Brussels Map Circle) will talk about this remarkable cartographer, cosmographer, maker of instruments and globes and his library, an example of European culture and erudition in the Renaissance. Please register.
Venue: EU-Representation of the Land Nordrhein-Westfahlen, Rue Montoyer 46, 1000 Brussels
Language: French (Jan De Graeve) and German (Roland Wolf and Thilo Elsner)
E-mail: event.nrw@lv-eu.nrw.de
Time schedule: 19.00
Entry fee: Admission free. Registration required.