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Contributions of the GEHC to volume 4 of The History of Cartography
The fourth volume of The History of Cartography collection is now on sale. The index is available at The University of Chicago Press Books. This 1920 page volume with over four hundred encyclopedic entries has been edited by Mattew H. Edney and Mary Sponberg Pedley. It’s dedicated to cartography during the illustration era, offering: “… an overview of the […]
Call for papers: Maps and Mapping in English-speaking Countries in the 17th and 18th Centuries
The next annual meeting of the Société d’études anglo-américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles will be held at the Université Paris-Diderot on January 15 and 16, 2021, and the theme will be Maps and Mapping in English-speaking Countries in the 17th and 18th Centuries. The organisers have made a call for papers that can be downloaded here in French. The […]
In memoriam Monique Pelletier (1934-2020)
Through apost by Catherine Hofmann on the blog Cartes et figures du monde we learned about the recent disappearance of Monique Pelletier, who was director of the département des Cartes et plans of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. For a biographical review you can check their entry in wikipedia. As a legacy he leaves us an enormous research work, especially focused […]
Online talks about the V centenary of the first round of the world
Casa de América, Casa Asia and Centro Sefarad-Israel come together to present the first cycle of online talks V Centenario de la primera vuelta al mundo. The history of the Spanish explorations that crossed the Pacific Ocean, when the fifth centenary of the circumnavigation of Magellan and Elcano is celebrated, will be analyzed through three presentations. From the cosmography to the […]
Announcement of publication of volume 4 of The History of Cartography
The University of Chicago Press Books announces that the fourth volume of The History of Cartography collection will go on sale in May 2020. This 1920 page volume with more than four hundred encyclopedic entries has been edited by Mattew H. Edney and Mary Sponberg Pedley. He is dedicated to cartography during illustration, offering: “… […]
New collection of old military maps on-line
The Royal Collection Trust has published over 2,000 military maps, plans, drawings and prints from the George III Collection online. It has been a way of commemorating the two hundredth anniversary of his death. The collection brings together pieces from the 16th to the 18th century and includes representations of sieges and battles, field sketches, […]
A new version of the catalog of the exhibition “Mapes, país, futur: Centenari de l’exposició cartogràfica catalana (1919)” is available
A new version of the catalog of the exhibition Mapes, país, futur: centenari de l’exposició cartogràfica catalana (1919), which is in the Museu d’Història de Catalunya, can now be downloaded from here. The exhibition has been extended until June 14 but, unfortunately, it is currently closed due to the health emergency caused by COVID-19. […]
The Iberoamerican Symposium on the History of Cartography is canceled
Following the recommendations of the health authorities, the Organizing Committee of the 8º Simposio Iberoamericano de Historia de la Cartografia (SIAHC) announces that it is cancelled due to the coronavirus episode that is being lived in Barcelona, where it should be held from April 21 to 24 year. We are waiting for new dates to […]
Next ICA-CHC symposium: Mapping the Ottoman Realm
The ICA Commission on the History of Cartography and the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) – Department Istanbul will hold the 8th International Symposium on the History of Cartography in Istanbul from April 21 to 23, 2020. This edition is titled Mapping the Ottoman Realm: travelers, cartographers and archaeologists and is open to anyone who has […]