Newsletter No 49

Titles of articles

Excursions

• Cartographic treasures of Bruges - BIMCC excursion - 18 February 2014

History of Cartography

• The mystery surrounding the Matteo Perez d'Aleccio map prints of the Great Siege of Malta of 1565

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
• Die Weltkarte des Nicolas de Fer aus dem Jahr 1694
• The Charting of Maltese Waters. A Historical Account
• Rund um die Globen - In memoriam Rudolf Schmidt

Miscellaneous

• Maps, Globes, Instruments and Books in the Early Modern History of Science at the CIUHCT in Lisbon
• História da Cartografia Ibérica: do Mediterrâneo ao Mundo - International Workshop, 27-28 March, Lisbon

How I Got Into Cartography

• Tom Harper