Newsletter No 72

Titles of articles

International Conferences and Study Sessions

• Report of the 38th IMCoS International Symposium (Nicola Boothby, Caroline De Candt and Claire Dejaeger)

Looks at books

• La Desenhando a Porta do Pacífico [Drawing the Gateway to the Pacific] by Henrique Leitão and José María Moreno Madrid (Luis A. Robles Macías)
• De geschiedenis van België in 100 oude kaarten – L’histoire de la Belgique en 100 cartes anciennes. by Philippe De Maeyer, Michèle Galand, Bram Vannieuwenhuyze and Guy Vanthemsche (Caroline De Candt)

Pictures at an Exhibition

• La cartografia italiana in età Napoleonica (1796 – 1815). Mappe atlanti e manuali per il disegno del territorio (Alex Smit)

History and Cartography

• Town plan of Brussels from 1649 by Joan Blaeu and the Bombardment of the city in 1695 (Paul De Candt)
• Rare early map of the Caribbean stolen in Spain! (Luis A. Robles Macías)