Newsletter No 53

Titles of articles

Looks at books

• The world in a mirror - World maps from the Middle Ages to the present date
• Maps - Their Untold Stories
• The Huber Weltatlas

Pictures at an Exhibition

• Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), under the spell of classical antiquity
• Drawing the city - Museum Plantin-Moretus
• The Seven Seas - Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience

Miscellaneous

• In memoriam: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kurt Brunner

History and Cartography

• The map of 1542 Franco-Habsburg war by Enea Vico
• Mapping the Ottoman Empire - An overview of Turkish cartographers
• How old are portolan charts really? - Follow-up - Review by Joaquim Alves Gaspar
• How old are portolan charts really? - Follow-up - Review by Tony Campbell

How I Got Into Cartography

• How I got into cartography: Aksel De Meester