Newsletter No 85

Titles of articles

International Conferences and Study Sessions

• Report on the 31st International Conference on the History of Cartography (ICHC) (Luis A. Robles Macías)
• The Brussels Map Circle Map Afternoon (MAPAF) Report (Henri Godts)

Exploring places with maps

• Maps of Sicily in Catania (Luis A. Robles Macías)

Looks at books

• L'histoire de Bruxelles en cartes anciennes – De Geschiedenis van Brussel in oude kaarten (Christiane De Craecker-Dussart)
• Die Schichtgravur auf Glas (Wulf Bodenstein)
• Four Points of the Compass (Wulf Bodenstein)

Pictures at an Exhibition

• Cartes imaginaires (Colin Dupont)

Miscellaneous

• Q&A with François Mattelaer, Brussels Map Circle President (Nicola Boothby)
• Annual General Meeting 2026 and Activity Report 2025 (Wouter Bracke and Marie-Anne Dage)

History and Cartography

• The Holzheimer terrestrial globe gores revisited (Wouter Bracke)
• Brief news: Study of a rediscovered nautical atlas