Contents

• Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Luís Serrão Pimentel (1613-1679)
• Looks at books
  • The earth. Knowledge, representations, measurement in the middle-ages
  • Enigmas, Geography, Expeditions and Cartography of the Americas
  • The world as seen from Augsburg – Tobias Conrad Lotter (1717-1777)
  • Maps and Representations of the eastern Mediterranean made in 'the West' (from the middle of the 13th to the end of the 15th centuries)]
  • Mapping the First World War: Battlefields of the Great Conflict from Above
  • Shorter bibliographical notes
• History and Cartography
  • Early Maps Indian Style
  • Bicentenary of Rizzi Zannoni (1736-1814)
  • Giovanni Antonio Rizzi Zannoni – A Biography
• BIMCC news
  • How I got into cartography: Emmanuelle Vagnon
  • Introduction to the Philippine Map Collectors Society (PHIMCOS)
  • The BIMCC Newsletter story
  • Cartography in times of war and peace - Symposium and conference
• International news & events
• Auction calendar

Contents

• Looks at books
  • The Fourth Part of the World
  • Japoniae Insulae. The mapping of Japan
  • A curious and impertinent geography of France
  • Meridians - Texts, debates and passions about the Paris and Greenwich meridians
  • Shorter bibliographical notes
• History and Cartography
  • The mystery surrounding Matteo Perez d’Aleccio map prints of the Great Siege of Malta of 1565
• BIMCC News
  • Cartographic treasures of Bruges - BIMCC excursion - 18 February 2014
  • How I got into cartography: Tom Harper
  • Maps, Globes, Instruments and Books in the Early Modern History of Science
  • History of Iberian Cartography: from the Mediterranean to the World - Workshop
  • BIMCC Annual Activity Report, March 2013 – March 2014
  • 16th Annual General Meeting
  • 16th Map Evening
  • BIMCC Programme for 2014
• International news & events
• Auction calendar

Dr Catherine Delano-Smith is a leading geographer and historian of cartography and has done a great deal over the course of more than thirty years to deepen and widen research in the history of cartography, within the UK and across the world, becoming a lynchpin of the cartography community.

Dr Delano-Smith was presented with the award in recognition of her contribution to the study of cartography by the Society’s President, Professor Iain Stewart.

Dr Delano-Smith has been one of the foremost activists behind the resurgence of the critical history of cartography, not only in her own works which have been many and influential, but also in her promotion of the International Society for the History of the Map (ISHMap), in her support of a bespoke and well-respected lecture series of lectures at the Warburg and, vitally, in her role as the editor of Imago Mundi, the world’s leading journal for the history of cartography.

She has taken an eclectic approach to researching early maps, covering prehistoric maps, map signs on early printed maps, and the relationship between maps and their users. She is particularly interested in the connection between the map image and social changes in learning and education.

The Bartholomew Globe has been awarded by the RSGS since 2000. The first recipient was John C. Bartholomew and awardees include the National Library of Scotland’s Chris Fleet and RSGS Collections and Information Convenor Margaret Wilkes. Notice by Fraser Shand of RSGS. With the help of Sarah Tyacke.

Founder of the Malta Map Society (MMS) in 2009 and still its President, Albert Ganado has been involved in studies on Maltese history and cartography for many years. Several of his books have been reviewed in these columns, and in 2011 he was awarded the prestigious IMCoS-Helen Wallis Award. In November last year he was invested with an honorary degree of Doctor of Literature by the University of Malta in recognition of all his multifarious contributions to society. Following this year’s annual general meeting of the MMS on 8 March 2014 a special party was held to celebrate his 90th birthday. Sincere congratulations to Dr h.c. Albert Ganado, distinguished historian and map personality, and probably the oldest active President of any map society in the world.

The 2014 competition for the Ristow Prize is now open for applicants. Full- or part-time undergraduate, graduate, or first-year postgraduate students attending any accredited college or university worldwide are eligible to submit papers. Submissions are due June 1, 2014, and should be sent to Dr. Evelyn Edson, 268 Springtree Lane, Scottsville, VA 24590, U.S.A.

Visit the Washington Map Society home page: http://www.washmapsociety.org, and click on “Ristow Prize or send inquiries to eedson@pvcc.edu.

The Washington Map Society is pleased to announce that Justin T. Dellinger, a PhD. candidate at the University of Texas, Arlington, has been selected as the winner of the 2013.

Ristow Prize in the history of cartography. His paper is entitled 'La Balise: A Transimperial Focal Point' and centers on a port at the mouth of the Mississippi River in the 17th centuries. 'La Balise' will appear in a forthcoming issue of The Portolan. Galia Halpern, a PhD. candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University, received Honorable Mention for her essay, 'Fantasies of Plenitude: The Textual and Graphic Space of India in the Middle Ages.'

Contents

• Pictures at an exhibition
  • Military engineering and fortress building – fortification plans of Luxembourg in the Berlin State Library
  • Atlas of the Netherlands
• Looks at books
  • The golden age of marine charts – When Europe discovered the world
  • New Worlds
  • Maps and pictures of the New Worlds
  • Seeing the World Anew: The Radical Vision of Martin Waldseemüller’s 1507 & 1516 World Maps
  • Ships on maps of the Middle Ages and the early modern period
  • The passion for collecting: expeditions into the Woldan Collection
  • Shorter bibliographical notes
• History and Cartography
  • 1600, the Battle of Nieuwpoort
  • The oldest surviving globe showing the New World: c. 1504
• BIMCC news
  • The ICA conference, Dresden, 25-30 August 2013
  • How I Got Into Cartography: Colin Dupont
  • A historical week-end in the French Hainaut – 19-20 October 2013
  • Mapping India, BIMCC International Conference, 7 December 2013, Brussels
  • BIMCC Programme for 2014
• International news & events
• Auction calendar