The book Engineers of Map Art: 100 Years of the Institute of Cartography and Geoinformation, 170 Years of Cartography at ETH Zurich is available online in Open Access.
The Portolan is the journal of the Washington Map Society; it furthers the purpose of the Society ‘to support and promote map collecting, cartography and the study of cartographic history.’ The Portolan, the largest and most-widely distributed publication of its kind in the Americas, is issued three times per year, in the Spring/Summer, the Fall and Winter.
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The J.B. Harley Trust Awards for 2026 have been granted to:
María Paula Corredor, Cornell University, U.S.A., 'Charting the empire: Felipe Bauzá and the reconceptualization of the Spanish Pacific during the Age of Revolutions'.
Hannah Kaemmer, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 'Empire fortified: engineering, military architecture, and the making of the British world, 1660-1720'.
Chen Xuerong, University of Fudan, China, 'Nineteenth-century views of the East Asian coast produced by Royal Navy surveyors'.
The series of programs on the history and uses of maps presented by Special Collections at the University of Miami is now available for streaming. All recordings can be found here.
Thousands of IIIF images become searchable in a user-friendly application inspired by the Dutch “Topotijdreis”. Users can follow the evolution of the landscape via the timeline at the bottom, view everything in the greatest detail, click through to the original source files, etc. A collaborative work of Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed, STOWA, Allmaps, TU Delft, Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht and De Geomaten.
Want to know more? Browse to the Watertijdreis app.
Professor and member of the Circle Koenraad Van Cleempoel has discovered an exceptional manuscript by Gerard Mercator in the library of El Escorial (Spain). The work contains astronomical observations, mathematical methods, plans for astronomical instruments and three star tables. Doctoral research focusing on the document will be conducted at Hasselt University.
Read more about this discovery on the university's website (in Dutch).
Portolan Charts in Mallorca: The Palau March (Luis A. Robles Macías),pp.25-29
Pictures at an Exhibition
With the Cassini: From the planets and the Moon to the Carte générale de la France (Christiane De Craecker and Jacques Mille), pp.4-8
De Cassis à la Provence avec les cartes de Cassini en couleurs et quelques autres [From Cassis to Provence with Cassini's colour maps, and some others] (Jacques Mille), pp.9-12
All roads lead to Vodgoriacum, again (Dirk Standaert),pp.33-34
Miscellaneous
The 2025 Map Afternoon Saturday, 29 March 2025 (Hannah van Wymeersch), pp.30-32
History and Cartography
The Oldest Maps in the World (Bram Calcoen),pp.13-23
The International Society for the History of the Map (ISHMap) is pleased to invite nominations and self-nominations for its Prize for Projects in Map History.
The ISHMap Prize in for Projects in Map History, awarded every two years and presented at the ISHMap General Assembly, will recognize a project that explores the history of maps and mapping outside of the format of an academic paper, book, or edited collection in a way that increases accessibility and engagement with maps and map history through innovative presentations. The prize will uplift projects that seek to expand the subjects, audience, scope, and/or methodology of engaging with the history of maps and mapping. Projects can take many forms including, but in no way limited to, physical exhibitions, datasets, online exhibitions, multimedia projects such as podcasts and films, thematic maps, games, and digital products.
The prize, to be announced at the Society’s General Meeting during the ICHC in July 2026, will consider projects that debuted or were substantively updated in 2024 and 2025.
Please use this submission form to apply.
Deadline for nominations and self-nominations is December 31, 2025.
The members of ISHMap Prize Committee 2025 and Trustees for the International Society for the History of the Map (ISHMap) have released the names of the recipients of the Best Paper Awards for presentations delivered at the Society’s biennial Symposium, held in Paris, France, 9–11 July 2025.
The Best Paper Award for a participant with a terminal degree:
Zeinab Azarbadegan, "The Domain of Two Sovereigns: Ottoman Mapping of Iraq"
The Best Paper Award for a participant without a terminal degree:
Dominic Keyßner, "Cartographies of Anti-Imperialism? Mapping a (Post-)Colonial World in the Socialist East (1960s–1970s)"
An Honorable Mention for a poster delivered by a participant without a terminal degree:
Milena Natividade da Cruz, “Historical Cartography and Processes of Racialization: The Case of the Mural Maps by Longchamps and Janvier (1754)”
