Newsletter No 59

Titles of articles

History of 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.

Looks at books

• Finding the North and other secrets of orientation of the travellers of the past
• Orbis Disciplinae - Tributes to Patrick Gautier Dalché
• Mapping Asia Minor. German orientalism in the field (1835-1895) (Lisette Danckaert)

Pictures at an Exhibition

• Aventuriers des mers (Sea adventurers)

How I Got Into Cartography

• Interview with Martijn Storms