Newsletter No 40

Titles of articles

Looks at books

• Early manuscript maps of Upper and Lower Bavaria
• Friedrich Bernhard Werner 1690-1776
• Maps in those days. Cartographic methods before 1850

Pictures at an Exhibition

• Bird’s-eye view of Istanbul from 500 year-old maps

History and Cartography

• Martino Martini’s Jesuit Cartography of the Middle Kingdom (selected topics: part II)
• The Port of Ostend originated in the 16th century

Collectable/affordable maps

• Histoire militaire de Flandre [Military history of Flanders] 1690-94 Ch. De Beaurain