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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