Contents

• Exhibitions
  • Aventuriers des mers (Sea adventurers)
• Looks at Books
  • Finding the North and other secrets of orientation of the travellers of the past
  • Orbis Disciplinae - Tributes to honour of Patrick Gautier Dalché
  • Mapping Asia Minor. German orientalism in the field (1835-1895)
• History and Cartography
  • The discovery of the earliest known map of Monaco (c.1589)
  • A recently discovered portolan chart. Maybe one of the oldest extant? The Avignon chart.
• Interview
  • Interview with Martijn Storms
• Brussels Map Circle news
  • Map Circle Annual General Meeting 2017
  • The Map Afternoon - MAPAF 2017
  • Excursion to The Hague to visit the VOC-exhibition in the National Archives
  • International Conference 9 December 2017
  • Early maps of Indonesia - Programme
• News and Calendars
  • International news
  • Auction calendar