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)”
The Rudolf Schmidt Globe Collection by Wulf Bodenstein, pp.4-7
Evolución de la imagen cartográfica de España by Luis A. Robles Macías, pp.8-11
History and cartography
Mapping Albania 1910 – 1922 by Rick Smit, pp.12-15
Harmsworth’s atlas of the world and pictorial gazetteer with an atlas of the Great War’ in 40 Parts (June 1919 - November 1920) by Francis Herbert, pp.16-29
Reviving the Past: My Experience at Mapathon 1571 by Marijn van Zundert, pp.30-31
Pictures at an Exhibition
Tous les chemins mènent au Vodgoriacum. La représentation de la Gaule et des chaussées romaines au travers des cartes anciennes by Christiane De Craecker-Dussart, pp.32-35
Tous les chemins mènent à Vodgoriacum (All roads lead to Vodgoriacum) Exhibition Report by Jean-Louis Renteux, pp.36-37
International Conferences and Study Sessions
Spanish Cartography Conference report 7 December 2024 by Caroline De Candt, pp.38-41
Miscellaneous
Annual General Meeting 2025 Saturday 29 March at 10.00 in the Map Room Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique – KBR
This prize, offered by the Washington Map Society (WMS) since 1994, recognizes academic achievement in the history of cartography. It honors the late Dr. Walter W. Ristow, former chief of the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, and co-founder and first president of the WMS.
The Award: A $1500 cash award, three-year membership in WMS, and publication of the winning paper in The Portolan, the journal of the Washington Map Society. Honorable Mention may be awarded to an additional paper or papers at the judges’ discretion.
Who May Apply: Undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students attending accredited US or foreign colleges and universities. The Ristow Prize is designed and intended to encourage scholars who are entering the field. Persons who have authored a commercially published academic work are not eligible for this competition.
Deadline is June 1, 2026.
More information on the webpage of the prize.
Caert-Thresoor, a publication of the Barent Langenes Foundation, is the only Dutch journal devoted entirely to the history of cartography. The articles cover various aspects of the history of cartography, such as city maps, military cartography, cartographers, engravers and publishers, art historical developments on maps, etc. It also features contributions on Dutch map collections and special acquisitions. Readers of Caert-Thresoor are informed about new literature and facsimiles and exhibitions in every issue.
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Imago Mundi is a fully-refereed, English-language journal founded in 1935. It is the only international, interdisciplinary and scholarly journal solely devoted to the study of early maps in all their aspects. Full-length articles, with abstracts in English, French, German and Spanish, deal with the history and interpretation of non-current maps and mapmaking in any part of the world. Imago Mundi also publishes shorter articles that communicate significant new findings or new opinions. All articles are fully illustrated.
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The IMCoS Journal is a quarterly publication. It includes a wide range articles on the history of cartography addressing Western, Asian and Arabic mapping practices; its scope is designed to interest our worldwide membership.
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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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As part of its makeover, the SteM in Sint-Niklaas, is changing its name to MAP – Musea Aan het Park. The museum manages the Mercator Museum, which became MAP-Mercator, for a reopening in December 2025. More information here.
