Liège and Altzenbach Cassel Map Afternoon Report

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Mercator and Ortelius in Liège and Altzenbach Cassel Map Afternoon Report

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Contents Intro

Pictures at an Exhibition Dear Map Friends,

The map: mirror of men, mirror of the world...... 4 As reactions to the new look of the January issue of The maps of the Hattinga family...... 5 ‘Maps in History’ were very positive, we continue with Cape Horn ...... 6 our full-colour magazine and its rejuvenated layout!

Made in Algeria - Genealogy of a territory...... 7

Amsterdam's Maritime Museum revisited ...... 10 The view of Liège on the cover introduces the main article by carto-historian Peter Meurer who has

Looks at Books investigated the role of Gerhard Altzenbach in the publication of the very first depictions of this major At the centre of the world: Namur...... 12 city in Wallonia.

Metropolis, mapping the City ...... 14

The Calanques and neighbouring massifs ...... 15 In this issue, you will also get an update on the activities of this Circle: the Annual General Meeting, with a recapitulation of our 2015 activities, a very History and Cartography successful Map Afternoon (aka MapAf) attended by more and more new (and younger!) members, and a The Cologne publisher Gerhard Altzenbach ...... 20 few mini-excursions to visit map exhibitions from Marseilles to Hoorn (in the Netherlands, not Chile!); Interview among them a special mention to the museum in Cassel (French Flanders) which organised its first Interview with Desiree Krikken...... 18 cartographic exhibition and symposium, on Mercator and Ortelius, with strong participation from members of our Circle as lecturers and attendees. Brussels Map Circle news Cartographically yours, Conference Programme for 2016...... 27 th 19 Annual General Meeting (AGM) ...... 28

Map Afternoon ...... 30

News and calendars

Mercator and Ortelius in Cassel...... 36

International news ...... 39

Events calendar...... 41

Exhibition calendar...... 44 Jean-Louis Renteux

Auction calendar...... 45 Vice-President & Editor [email protected]

Cover: Detail of the large view of Liège by Merian with G. Altzenbach of 1626, shown in full on the centrefold (with permission of the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt).

MAY 2016 – MAPS IN HISTORY NO 55 4 PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION La carte: miroir des hommes, miroir du monde [The map: mirror of men, mirror of the world]

10 January - 19 February 2016 - Espace Culture - Université de Lille, Sciences et Technologies, Cité Scientifique - Lille - France

By Jean-Louis Renteux

This small but interesting exhibition The exhibits included a very nice atlas formed the backbone of the 2015-2016 comprising coloured maps based on cultural season at Lille’s University 1, those of Cassini (published by Dumez whose theme was: ‘The Map invents the & Chanlaire, 1790), as well as a digital world’. A series of lectures and artistic screen connected to the ‘Geoportail’ events explored the variety of everyday giving access to Cassini maps of all uses of the map, scientific and political the (18th century) French territory. The or artistic, showing the renewed wealth follower of Cassini to the north, Count of the map and considering its future 1. de Ferraris, was also well represented The exhibition is also part of a with several examples of his ‘merchant’ longer term effort, led by Sophie map (glued on canvas). An 18th century graphometer with Braun, in charge of the Scientific In each showcase, maps were accom- pinnules, in front of the Cassini map Heritage Preservation to rediscover panied by cartographic instruments: of France. and highlight the hidden treasures a planchette, telescopes, graphometer of the scientific heritage of Lille’s with pinnules, clinometer rule, etc. a small delegation of the Brussels Map universities2. In previous years, Circle on a Friday evening and pro- she presented exhibitions around Further sections of the exhibition were vided us with a very comprehensive a ‘cabinet of curiosities’, human devoted to various applications of car- guided tour. anatomy, scientific instruments, tography, and accompanied by objects crystals ... before turning now towards illustrating their purpose: cartography. - Geology, with several geological maps and their application to the design of The introductory section of the ex- the Channel Tunnel. hibition started with cartographers - Exploration and conquest, with of the 16th and 17th centuries from the several maps of African explora- Low Countries (Hondius, Blaeu and so tions in the 19th century (e.g. the 1897 on). Emphasis was then placed on the Blondiaux mission). importance of the Cassini family in - Teaching, with a nice series of large mapping the French territory. classroom wall maps and a 19th century globe (by Heinrich Kiepert) plus Delegation of the Brussels Map Circle 1 several souvenirs from the geogra- a video of each lecture — in French — can guided by Sophie Braun be seen on http://lille1tv.univ-lille1.fr phy teaching facilities within the 2 Contributions to this exhibition came University itself. from: L'Université de Lille, Sciences et Technologies (UFR de Géographie, Unfortunately, the exhibition's opening Laboratoire d'Astronomie, Laboratoire hours were more adapted to university de Géologie...); La réserve patrimoine à l'Université de Lille, Sciences Humaines students and staff than to week-end et Sociales [The Heritage reservation visitors. Fortunately, Sophie Braun3 which preserves the common fonds of and her staff endeavour to accommo- works ante 1801 from the three public date special requests and she welcomed Universities Lille 1, Lille 2 and Lille 3]; Jean-Louis Renteux L'Institut catholique de Lille (CRGH) ; Le [email protected]. musée d'histoire naturelle de Lille. 3 Contact: [email protected].

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31 January - 24 April 2016 The Mercator Museum in Sint-Niklaas

By Caroline De Candt [email protected]

Although the exhibition will be over Staats-Brabant as well as of Gelderland, across the border, a delegation of the by the time you read this, a small Overijssel and Groningen (all frontier family was present at the opening in article highlighting this cartographic regions of the Netherlands). the museum, adding a very particular Dutch family is still more than appro- Out of this enormous quantity of maps, flavour to the event priate. Relatively unknown, no doubt only few were printed. Best known largely due to the fact that they were are five island maps, printed by Isaac Note: never printed, these maps deserve Tirion in 1753. Further reading (in Dutch) of the better. Hattinga oeuvre can be found in four The family moved to the little articles in Caert-Thresoor: Vol. 1-1982 The Hattinga family originated from picturesque town of Hulst during (pp. 14-15); Vol. 4-1985 (pp. 2-9); Vol. the north of the Netherlands but had Willem’s lifetime and today still a 9-1990 (pp. 66-72); and Vol. 13-1994 (pp. moved south, to what was then called large number continue to live there. As 49-54). These may now be freely read Staats-Vlaanderen and is called today Hulst is very close to Sint-Niklaas, just online via www.caert-thresoor.nl Zeeuws-Vlaanderen (the southern part of the province of Zeeland). Willem Tiberius Hattinga (1700-1764), after he studied medicine in Leiden, was stationed as an army doctor in this region. There he started mapping Staats-Vlaanderen, presumably out of sheer passion for cartography. He based his map on existing ones, but added his own measurements. This resulted in a quite beautiful manuscript map (1:37 000), showing the whole border with the Austrian Netherlands (today Belgium) in detail. The then authorities accepted it enthusiastically. Even better: they commissioned an atlas of the same region and later on also an atlas of the province of Zeeland. Today, both these large scale manuscript atlases are kept in The Hague and Middelburg. Altogether they comprise nine volumes.

Willem’s sons, David and Anthony, had started helping their father with his cartographic work from an The island Walcheren (1753) printed by Tirion ; in the lower left corner, the early age and made similar atlases of Hattinga family is shown (Willem and his two sons) doing fieldwork.

1 This is a pun and as puns go, hardly translatable; see through a person's plans would come closest

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Visiting Cape Horn West-Fries Museum, Hoorn, The Netherlands

By Jan De Graeve [email protected]

On 29 January 1616 the Dutch ship 'De diminished and after many years Eendracht' reached the most southern nearly disappeared completely before tip of the Southern American archi- Antarctica was discovered. pelago: Cape Horn (Kaap Hoorn) was born, 400 years later, some members Using the motto 'Kaap in de kaart' (the of The Brussels Map Circle wanted to Cape on the map) our special guides know more about Cape Horn.... But Hans Kok and Maarten Klein created Voyage of Le Maire and Schouten with rather than travelling to the outermost an impressive exhibition, showing this the Eendracht 1615-1616. and southern part of South America historic evolution. The story was told, they went to the place where the based on the original maps from Hans an association dedicated to the expedition started in 1615: the har- Kok's collection. permanent commemoration of the bour of Hoorn, some 45 km north of rounding of Cape Horn. Amsterdam. Around 1600, Hoorn was Our small group of Belgian an important seaport where ships of cartography enthusiasts (Marcel Van It was a privilege to see Hans Kok the VOC1 departed for their explora- Brussel, Jean Christophe Staelens showing part of his beautiful collection tions and commercial expeditions. By and myself) was joined by a Dutch of historical maps, all of outstanding special treaty, the VOC set a monopoly delegation, all members of The quality. Members who could not join by securing the sea-routes to the East Brussels Map Circle. In the late us, really missed a unique opportunity around the Cape of Good Hope and to afternoon we even had the chance to learn a lot more of the history of the the West by the Strait of Magellan . The to meet the Curator at the premises most southern part of America. search for a new passage was on.... of the Dutch Hoorn Gezelschap,

At the West-Fries Museum of Hoorn we visited a special exhibition commemorating the 400th birthday of Cape Horn. In June 1615 an expedition lead by Jacob Le Maire and Cornelisz Schouten departed in search of a new passage south of the Strait of Magellan and of new territories. At that time there still was the original idea that there had to be a Terra Australis Incognita, in the southern hemisphere, to balance the emerging lands in the northern part of the earth so as to create an equilibrium. This continent, shown as Terra del Fuego on the Mercator map of 1569, progressively

1 VOC or 'Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie': a Dutch shipping company Map of Magellanica (Terra del Fuego ) showing the Strait of Magellan, established in 1602. Cape Horn and Le Maire Strait from A. Montanus 1671 ( collection HEK)

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Made in Algeria – Généalogie d’un territoire [Genealogy of a territory]

19 January – 2 May 2016 at the MuCEM, Marseilles, France

By Nicola Boothby Nicola Boothby [email protected]

This exhibition is very impressive, and selon les navigateurs tant anciens que But there are also some interesting well worth the trip to Marseilles to modernes’ [Universal cosmography ac- additions from elsewhere, for example see it. The curators – Zahia Rahmani cording to past and current navigators], ‘The Platt of Argier & the Parts from the Institut National d’Histoire Adioyning’ by Robert Norton, 1620, et de l’Art, and Jean-Yves Sarazin from made when he took part in a British the Bibliothèque Nationale de France expedition to destroy Barbary ships – have brought together close to 200 that were interrupting the trade maps, plans, travelogues, drawings, from Gibraltar to the Levant, is from paintings, photographs, films and a the National Maritime Museum in host of other documents to tell the Greenwich. Another Englishman who story of how the white spaces on the contributed to spreading knowledge map in this part of Africa were filled on the region was Thomas Shaw, an in and by whom. It also recounts the Anglican priest, and diplomat at the propaganda; selling French people a court of the dey of Algiers. Here we rosy future in a promised land. have his ‘Travels or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary The exhibition is divided into four parts, and the Levant’, Oxford, 1738, which at taking us from the 16th century to the the time gave a lot of insight into the present day: Seen from afar, Charting the people and their customs. From him, territory, Conquering Algeria, and From too, with Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon up close. The translations of the names of ‘The Platt of Argier & the Parts d’Anville, we have a sketch of ‘Oran ; the maps are unofficial, my own. Adioyning’ by Robert Norton, 1620 ‘from the hand of Doctor Shaw’, around 1740. The last one in this section I’d Seen from afar – A territory seen from Le Havre 1556, open at the ‘Algeria’ page, like to mention is the ‘Plano y Perfil de the sea before 1830 where the colour is less varied, but the la Ciudad y Bahia de Argel [Plan and figures – humans, animals, town views Profile of the Bay of Algiers], 1775, by Before 1830 knowledge about the terri- etc – are still as riotous. tory now defined as Algeria came main- Most of the maps are ly from travellers and seamen, and was from French sources: the generally confined to the coast. The very Bibliothèque Nationale de first map in the exhibition is by François France, the Musée National Ollive, a native of Marseilles, the ‘Carte des Châteaux de Versailles particulière de la mer Méditerranée’ et de Trianon, the Service [Descriptive map of the Mediterranean Historique de la Défense in Sea], 1662. The basis of the map has Vincennes, the Musée de many of the characteristics of a porto- l’Armée, and the Archives lan chart, but it is covered with gaudy Nationales d’outre-mer in decoration: town views, hunting scenes, Aix-en-Provence . ships, coats-of-arms, sea monsters... it is all there. Next to it is Guillaume ‘ Oran, ‘from the hand of Doctor Shaw’, by Thomas le Testu’s ‘Cosmographie universelle Shaw and Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville, around 1740

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The ‘Plan de Constantine’ by Sergeant Scheffer who copied it from a drawing by Lieutenant Meunier, 1839, was a first step towards drafting detailed information on the city so that the new administration could levy taxes. This section also has an abundance of paintings, some of which approach the town plan bird’s-eye view style. The two most represented artists are Jean Antoine Siméon Fort and Adrien Dauzats. The former was commissioned by King Louis Philippe (r.1830 – 1848) to paint glorious moments in French history; his paintings show us fortified towns set in colourful desert scenery – the backdrop to the battles taking place. Dauzats was attached to the military expedition commanded by the Duc d’Orléans, Louis Philippe’s son, and his set of six aquarelles and gouaches on paper called ‘Le Passage des Portes-de-Fer’ [The Iron Doors passage], 1841, shows the incredi- Nicolas Berlinguero, Plano y Perfil de la Ciudad, y Bahia de Argel, 1775, carte bly challenging terrain on the ‘road’ manuscrite, 49,8 X 71 cm. from Algiers to Constantine. Another Bibliothèque nationale de France © BnF interesting map in this section shows ‘Afrique Française; Algérie dressée Nicolas Berlinguero. The upper part les officiers du génie’ by Lemercier, d’après les documents les plus nou- is a plan of the bay, and shows Algiers 1837. It is a chart of several recon- veaux’ [French Africa; Algeria drawn with the mole forming the port, while naissance trips made by French army according to the latest documents] at the bottom is a beautiful view of surveyors into the interior of the by Arnold Ruppert Skydamm and the bay as sailors would have seen it country, complete with where they Théodore Doornick, around 1840. The on their approach. Spain was one of bivouacked and the dates of each. Very map is quite small, and is surrounded several European countries interested simply and neatly done. Very vivid. by four city plans and portraits of the in trading with North Africa.. Another very pleasing map is that of most important French and Algerian the provincial capital Constantine. military officers and governors of the CHARTING THE TERRITO- RY: FROM CONQUEST TO COLONISATION, AFTER 1830

France invaded Algiers in 1830: this began ‘French Algeria’. The country was divided into three provinces, named after their capitals: Oran, Algiers, and Constantine. Throughout the French presence there was strong resistance from the native population, which meant that the army played a key role. My favourite exhibit in this section is the ‘Reconnaissances mili- taires faites dans la province d’Oran, ‘Troisième Muraille des Portes-de-Fer’, Adrien Dauzats, 1841 pendant les années 1835 et 1836, par

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day. The map highlights the journey through the mountainous ‘Portes-de- Fer’ which took place in 1839.

CONQUERING ALGERIA: FROM EXCESSIVE IM- AGERY TO THE END OF FRENCH ALGERIA

From the late 1840s the call went out to French people to colonise Algeria. French heads of families, for preference farmers by profession, were invited to request a ‘concession’ – a plot of land. Note that people were advised to request land in Algeria – which meant leaving mainland France – only if, to freely translate the poster, ‘they felt healthy enough, their morale was high, and they had the will to work, all three being key to success’. Pro-colonisation propaganda, around 1850 The poster ‘Colonisation, peuplement des nouveaux villages, concessions de Algeria. But back in 1899, cycling fans independence. It rounds off this pain- terre’ [Colonisation, peopling the new could have bought themselves a ‘Carte ful part of the story well, and does not villages, land concessions], around Vélocipédique des environs d’Alger need maps to do so. 1850, shows a map of the three prov- avec profils de routes et indications de inces, with the villages that needed bornes kilométriques’ [Cycling map The exhibition is very well laid out. Each colonials to settle there, together with of the area around Algiers with route section starts with an explanation, in the French ports of Port Vendres and profiles and kilometre posts] by Emile French and English, and has a variety of Marseilles, from where the new coloni- Lowe. The road profiles given are as types of exhibit. Individual labelling in als would leave for Algeria by steam- up-to-date as those you would find French only is clear and consistent, and boat. on a modern-day map! The last map does not hesitate to point out mistakes I shall mention is the Esso road map and fantasy on the part of the map/ Colonisation was one way to bring of Algeria, ‘Carte routière, Algérie et plan-maker. The lighting and display Algeria closer to France, trade and Afrique du Nord’ [Road map of Algeria overall are very good. For example the tourism were others. The map enti- and North Africa], 1956. It is full of Braun and Hogenberg is hung so that tled ‘Algérie, carte de la colonisation colourful vignettes and makes travel we can view both the plan side and the officielle’ [Algeria, a map of official look very easy. A closer look tells you text on the back. colonisation], Algiers, 1902, by H. that the routes in red are those ‘where Baroni and N. Calléja illustrates a new there is a lot of traffic’; from the map The accompanying catalogue, ISBN push to further colonise the coun- you would think that crossing the 978-2-7541-0866-9, EUR 35.00 (in try. At the time huge infrastructure Sahara was ‘a piece of cake’! French) is a work of art in itself. It projects were underway: ports, roads, follows the sections of the exhibition, railways, dams and reservoirs, which These are just a few of the many excel- and reproduces many of the exhibits. would all first and foremost help the lent maps on show, some of them for In addition the first three sections colonials who ran vast domains and the first time. each have an essay, whilst the fourth exported most of their produce. A is by a variety of writers. I cannot tourist guide ‘L’Algérie, Chemins de fer FROM UP CLOSE, comment on these since I have only just de Paris à Lyon & à la Méditerranée’ GLIMPSES OF ALGERIA returned, catalogue in hand, but essay [Algeria, railways from Paris to Lyons AFTER 1962 titles such as ‘De la dépossession du and the Mediterranean], dated around nom à l’expropriation de la terre par la 1918, gave its readers well-illustrated The last section uses paintings, film, carte’ (‘From dispossesion of name to itineraries for travelling around the and photos to give us an impression expropriation of land through a map’) colony, encouraging them to find what of post-1962 Algeria, when, after eight look both interesting and challenging they loved about France in French years of war, the country was granted for cartography buffs!

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Amsterdam’s Maritime Museum Revisited April 2014 - Spring 2018 - Kattenburgerplein, Amsterdam

By Claire Dejaeger

Back in 2005, Jean-Louis Renteux published an article (Newsletter No 23) on the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum, located in the old premises of the 17th century warehouse of the Amsterdam Admiralty in Amsterdam .

Since then the Scheepvaartmuseum has undergone a complete facelift. It reopened in October 2011. A monumental glass ceiling covers the Open Pleyn, which gives access to several interesting interactive maritime exhibitions. Prepare for a long weekend with your children or grandchildren to see and appreciate the 13 exhibitions, their overall theme being how the sea has defined Dutch culture and history (www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl). cartography, Ptolemy, Mercator, Fig. 1. shows an image from the THE ATLASES Ortelius, Hondius, Claesz, Janssonius, Ptolemaic 1482 Geographia, sent by Blaeu, Haeyen, and Barentz. email from the digital atlas - the The Museum owns one of the world's rich azure blue colour of the water is top cartographic collections of the Some of the atlases are available amazingly beautiful. world. In April 2014 a new exhibition digitally and the visitor can just flip ‘The Atlases’ opened to the public through the pages, although turning A portolan on parchment of the in the east wing, and is on until pages can be bothersome. Ptolemy Mediterranean region and its port cit- April 2018. (1482), Barentsz (1595) and Waghenaer ies by Vesconte Maggioli 1515, delicately (1596/97) are all digitised. coloured and full of detail, is a won- In a small room with low, purple derful piece. coloured light the maps and atlases An interesting feature is that one can in acclimatized glass cases take you email an image of a particular map. Special attention is given to Cornelis from to the first edition of a Ptolemaic Claesz, 1551-1609 (see Fig. 2.). In his atlas in 1482 to end in the 1660s with MY HIGHLIGHTS bookshop in Amsterdam on the the complete collection of the splendid Damrak within easy reach of mer- Atlas Mayor by the Blaeu family firm. There are many fine pieces, each of chants and sailors he sold spectacu- them worth mentioning, but I'd like lar travel journals. As a publisher of The exhibition is set up to highlight some that struck me nautical charts, he was also within chronologically and displays the particularly. easy reach of the famous Amsterdam masterpieces of the pioneers of cartographers Blaeu (Damrak 46),

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Janssonius (Damrak 47) and Hondius (on the Dam Square).

In his 'Literarum Latinarum' (1540) (see Fig. 3.) Mercator developed a special form of italicised hand- writing for use on maps and globes, which became common practice on maps until the 19th century.

An impressive set of nine volumes in red binding of the Atlas Mayor 1662-1664 together with the Dutch and Italian town books are shown in a big glass case.

A Blaeu atlas that was once in the possession of the powerful patrician banking Van Loon family is another gem of the exhibition Fig. 1. Ptolemaic Cosmographia (Ulm : Lienhart Holle, 1482)

Fig. 2. Cornelis Claesz Atlases Fig. 3. The 'Literarum Latinarum' of Mercator

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Au Milieu du Monde : Namur. Cartes et plans 16e-21e siècle [At the centre of the world: Namur. Maps and plans, 16th-21st centuries] by Société archéologique de Namur

Namur, Société archéologique de Namur (SAN), 2015. 144 pp., 98 colour ill., soft cover, 30 x 21 cm. ISBN 978-2-87502-059-8. EUR 20.00.

Namur, tourist city, provincial chief were texts without visualisation. Even town and regional capital, has been Ptolemy (90-168) perhaps never drew an important place since the 16th maps: those that reached us were done century. This was the theme of the much later, from the information con- exhibition Au milieu du Monde: tained in his work. Nevertheless, these Namur, organised at the TreM.a charts became sophisticated Mappae (Musée provincial des Arts Ancients mundi and yet not at all drawn to guide du Namurois – Trésor d'Oignies) until man in the world. 31 January 2016. In addition to the exhibition there is a fine publication The high cartographic revolution with the same title. As well as being announced by portolan charts was in a city, the territory was a county, a the 16th century, when the known world French ‘department’ and finally a grew in size and Mercator offered a province. Maps and plans reflect these useful projection for navigation that changes and tell the eventful history is still used. From then on, the map of these spaces.. became an instrument. It was also a political tool in the hands of the powerful, leading to large-scale maps, Marcel Watelet describes the role of following surveying operations devel- the ‘Société Archéologique de Namur’ oping an increasing sense of detail (see (SAN): its ‘Cabinet des Estampes’ publishers’ production (French, Dutch, the ‘Carte de Cabinet’ of Ferraris). [Print room] contains an exceptional German or from Brussels) of the 16th, collection of maps, plans and views 17th and 18th centuries. Following the relating to Namur and the surrounding commitment made by the SAN to territory. These valuable documents provide a search tool for accessing the allow one to visualise where important collections, Marcel Watelet expresses events occurred and to keep track of the hope to have a scientific inventory the areas represented, an advanta- respecting international cartographic geous complement to current digital standards.. mapping. Karen De Coene introduces the More generally, the collection is a symbolic notions of perception source of major importance for the and representation of the world in Département de Sambre-et-Meuse history, geography (in particular the Antiquity and the Middle Ages. (1802) Namur, Archives de la Région topography), toponymy and territorial Cartographic sources themselves are wallonne, Collection cartographique development of the area. The collection lacking for the Ancient World ; so we of maps and plans mainly includes en- reach for medieval ‘TO’ maps, repre- P. Gémis shows the many reductions gravings, lithographs, sometimes from senting the world divided into three and amputations endured by the atlases, and some original or copied parts (Africa, Asia, Europe) as de- county of Namur in favour of Brabant, manuscript plans. It presents a wide signed by Isidore of Seville (c. 560-636) Hainaut and the Prince-Bishopric panorama of European cartographic in his Etymologiae. Often the ‘maps’ of Liège, as well as acquisitions in

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Christiane De Craecker-Dussart [email protected]

Hesbaye and Condroz. This explains its jagged appearance and sinuous contours. It was only the annexation of Belgium by France in 1795 that caused this pattern fade away when the county became the ‘department’ of Sambre and Meuse. Later, it became the province of Namur under Dutch rule before becoming a province of Belgium in 1830, since when it has remained almost unchanged. These changes in the territory are illustrated by a range of wisely selected maps.

P. Bragard and V. Bruch present several plans of Namur drawn on the occasion of the city sieges. The military operations of the 16th century left few traces on the maps. This was not the Harrewyn, Plan de la Ville et Château de Namur avec les dernières Fortifications faites jusqu'à l'an 1709 [Plan of the city and castle of Namur with the latest case after 1660. The city occupied a fortifications up to 1709] SAN Collection strategic position at the confluence of the Meuse and Sambre, with fortifica- however, roads in the Namur area book does not address the way maps tions and a castle which was gradually totalled 182 kms. Waterways were are made nor the instruments used to modernised and extended, close to the improved in the 19th century. Then the do so, whereas the exhibition allowed territories threatened by the designs railway appeared. Tourism had started us to admire some of them... of Louis XIV. The representations of to develop. Namur, first approximate and some- This high-quality book gives a hint times inaccurate, were updated and Let us finally mention a change that of the wealth of the SAN’s fund of eventually played a role in the sieges took place due to the progress of scien- cartography. Hopefully this treasure (particularly in 1692 and 1695). Military tific cartography, which causes a loss will soon be digitised to ensure it is events have created accurate and val- of status for cartographers, colourists preserved properly and can be ac- uable cartographic production, both in and engravers: the split between pure cessed easily quantity and quality. art and cartography was becoming clear, though some artists used maps M. Ronvaux leads us along paths and to support their works. roads. He relates the saga of their To order: Société archéologique de complicated construction up to the In conclusion, this beautiful work gives Namur, Jardin du Cloître Marie 18th century: the officials saw little us an opportunity to perceive the de- d'Oignies, Rue de Fer 35, B-5000 advantage in building and financing velopment of maps that reflect greater Namur, Belgium www.lasan.be & the roads for strategic or political reality through increasingly accurate [email protected] interests beyond their control. In 1795, field surveys. One regret however: the

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Metropolis: Mapping The City by Jeremy Black (Contributing editor Christopher Westhorp)

Published by: Bloomsbury, 224 pages, most with illustrations – city maps and plans – hard cover, 285 x 285 mm. Nicola Boothby GBP 30.00 ISBN HB: 978-1-8448-6220-7 [email protected]

Googling Jeremy Black we are told that Amsterdam, Kyoto, Edo, and Nagasaki. the author is a British historian and a Apart from the date and (mostly) the Professor of History at the University ‘mapmaker’ there is a description of of Exeter. He is the author of over 90 what the map shows. I think I may books, and has been described as 'the have been spoilt by Jerry Brotton’s most prolific historical scholar of our ‘Great Maps’ (Maps in History No 54), age'. ‘Metropolis’ is a feast of maps, where he gives the reader the size of from 1250 BCE to the 2000 CE. In an the map. In ‘Metropolis’, I simply have introduction on what cities are: 'Cities no idea of/no feeling for the size, and are places of hopes and dreams, of the list of maps in the appendix does vision and order, as well as centres for not help either. Sometimes we are told destruction and conflict', Black talks the materials used, sometimes not. The the reader through the first cities reference to a city is often on a dif- and takes us on a whirlwind global ferent page to the illustration. In The tour. Almost every page is illustrated Imperial Age there is a brief reference with a city map or plan, and there is a to Marseilles, for example, but the map description of what each shows, which and its description are on the follow- As mentioned above, Jeremy Black is extremely useful as some are very ing page, by which time the reader has has authored over 90 books. This one small scale. Subsequent chapters deal been thrown so much information that is peppered with typos, which can with The Renaissance City: 1450–1600, the interesting map featured is almost be irritating. Copenhagen is written New Horizons New Worlds: 1600–1700, an afterthought. as 'Copenhangen' for example, and An Imperial Age: 1700–1800, Hotbeds have we really reached the date 16205? of Innovation: 1800–1900, A Global Era, Another way of ‘reading’ the book is to Perhaps the editors cannot keep up and finally From Print to Pixel: Into accept the two aspects of cartography with their author’s output. the Future. The appendix is a list of and social history... We thus have two maps by chapter and there is also a list books in one! Someone more interest- of ‘Image Credits’. ed in cartography than social history would set the text aside and simply The author has decided to use maps work his/her way through the maps, and plans to illustrate his social looking up additional information about history of cities. As someone more each as one feels necessary. Personally interested in the cartographic an- this suited me better. I then read the gle, I found the book quite difficult to social history text separately – the con- read. Perhaps the maps are intended tent is also extremely interesting. only for glancing at. His global tours are a feature of each chapter: in New I very much appreciated the sheer Horizons, New Worlds 1600–1700 for number of maps/plans that I had not example we see maps of Seville, Milan, seen before, although I am sure many Malacca, the Seventeen Provinces of of them will be very familiar to the the Netherlands, Batavia, Quebec, New cartography fraternity if this is their Amsterdam, London, Madrid, Moscow, area of interest. Book back flip

MAY 2016 – MAPS IN HISTORY NO 55 LOOKS AT BOOKS 15 Les Calanques et massifs voisins. Histoire d’une cartographie, 1290-XXe siècle

[The CALANQUES and neighbouring massifs. th Jean-Louis RENTEUX History of a cartography, 1290-20 century] [email protected] by Jacques Mille

Turriers: Naturalia Publications, 2015. 128 pp., 110 colour ill., hard cover. 30 x 21.5 cm. ISBN 979-10-94583-07-4. EUR 24.00. To order: Transfaire S.A.R.L., Naturalia Publications, Immeuble Wanad, F-04250 Turriers (France), www.naturalia-publications.com

The ‘Calanques’ are a very popular destination for weekend excursions for people living in Marseilles, the second largest city in France. ‘Calanques’ are actually deep narrow creeks carved by the Mediterranean sea into a very arid rocky mas- sif extending just south-east from Marseilles to La Ciotat. As Jacques Mille points out in his introduction, their beauty had not been noted by travellers before the end of the 19thcentury. But now hordes of boat- ers, hikers and tourists are attracted to the area, and they benefit from a wealth of cartographic products.

This book presents a comprehensive history of the cartography of the Calanques region, in the same way the author had covered maps of the ‘Hautes-Alpes’ and ‘Dauphiné’ (see the Hondius (1606), Blaeu (1631), etc. In 1633, this arid coast. Between 1686 and review in Maps in History No 52). Jacques Maretz surveyed the coast of 1720, Henry Michelot, ’hydrographe Provence and produced a rather ac- de la Marine’, made a series a good This catalogue raisonné begins with curate manuscript map. Nevertheless, quality nautical charts of the area. eight portolans which first mentioned Tassin re-introduced the Aran river in However, the large detailed map of Marseilles and a few remarkable his 1634 map of the same area and even Marseilles and its surroundings by capes in the area, ranging from the invented a fictitious peninsula at the Chevallier de Soissons (ca. 1700) gave carte Pisane (end 13th c.) until the 16th cape ‘de la Croisette’; he was copied by a very poor representation of the century. The first detailed representa- Sanson (1652) and Jansson (1660). Calanques area. This ‘cartograph- tion of Marseilles’ surroundings was ic horror’ unfortunately prevailed given by Pierre Bompar’s map from In the wake of the 1666 creation of the throughout the 18th century, in spite 1591; it is relatively precise, although it ‘Académie des Sciences’ marking the of the existence of good quality maps shows a non-existing Aran river whose birth of scientific cartography, more during the same period: Andrieu mouth would be between Cassis and La precise maps were produced. Around (1703), Marsilli (1707), Ayrouard (1736), Ciotat – where there is actually a high 1670, Louis Nicolas de Clerville issued Bellin (1764) and, particularly, the cliff! This map, with the Aran river, has a large scale manuscript map giving very accurate and detailed (1:14 400) been carefully copied by Ortelius (1570), a quite realistic perspective view of military map by Le Michaud d’Arçon

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Detail of the ‘Carte topographique des costes maritimes de Provence…’ [Topographical map of the coasts of Provence…] by Louis Nicolas de Clerville, ca 1670 (BnF).

(1777-78). Surprisingly, the aberration with the carte de France au 80 000e, One cannot but admire the immense re- of Soissons’ map was reproduced on dite 'Carte de l'État-Major' (cf Gallica), search effort that has gone into compil- the Cassini map, the first ‘scientif- that the correct representation pre- ing this very comprehensive catalogue ic’ map of France! When, in 1778-79, vailed. of maps and views of this beautiful area the local details were entered into of French Mediterranean coast. This Cassini’s rigorous triangulation net- The following part of the book com- work of reference should clearly appeal work, the engineer in charge, appar- pletes the cartographic spectrum to those familiar with the area; but, as it ently in hurry, just copied Soissons, of the region with thematic maps offers an enormous amount of base-line thus perpetuating his aberration. (tourism, geology, underwater terrain, cartographic information on mapmak- At the beginning of the 19th centu- climate, vegetation), as well as maps ers and their art, it should also appeal ry, two contradictory cartographic and plans of specific locations, from to anyone interested in the history of representations of the Calanques area Cassis to Marseilles. cartography of the Mediterranean. co-existed in published maps: school maps, French atlases and other official The last pages contain a chronological The excellent quality map reproduc- maps just followed Cassini, whereas table of toponyms, a table of the 110 tions and the very appropriate format local maps and sea charts presented illustrations, an index of cartographer adopted for their presentation make the coast correctly. It is only after 1868, names and a bibliography. this book very attractive reading.

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How I Got Into Cartography

Interview with Desiree Krikken Research Master’s student in Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of Groningen Desiree Krikken [email protected] by Nicola Boothby ([email protected])

BIOGRAPHY What exactly does your the most famous example, but I research involve? want to study the less well-known Desiree received her BA in History in (mainly English) ones. I need to see 2012. She worked as chief editor of his- I’m doing a Research Masters in if the manuals can be used as a set of torical journal Groniek (2013), coached Classical, Medieval and Renaissance data, and if so, to analyse the data. first year History students (2014), and Studies (CMRS) at the University I want to discover who these people helped organise academic events at the of Groningen. I’ve just started my really were. A lot has been written University of Groningen (2015). She cur- thesis, having finally settled on a about land surveyors of course, for rently works for the university website. good general direction. I’m trying to example, about Christopher Saxton, Desiree has two guinea pigs, and hopes combine cartography, social history but there were many others. I want to be fluent in Japanese one day. and landscape history. My subject to study their role in society, the matter is early modern surveyors’ impact they/their work had on society, What does Cartography and to see how early modern spatial mean to you? perceptions evolved. I think we can learn much from these manuals about I feel I’m just starting to get to know changing social conventions which what cartography really is. It seems to is more difficult to study through me that it’s a huge jigsaw puzzle, with maps, as a map was not always the lots of pieces that I have to connect up. ultimate goal of a survey. I came Just when I think I have the last piece, to this topic because I started out a whole lot of others appear... and so it studying John Ogilby and his road goes on. Cartography is very dynamic. maps and traveller’s guides a while I like to see a map not as a flat picture, back, but I had problems trying to find a painting, but more as part of a social information about him and his work. context. I’m also very interested in Much was outdated, and few works landscape history, the way a landscape were dedicated to him as he was evolves, as an intimate part of social mostly discussed in combination with history. Changes in landscape can other mapmakers. Interested as I was impact people’s lives and this can be an in the person behind the map though, interesting way of looking at cartog- I decided to look beyond just Ogilby raphy. For example, many parts of the and eventually ended up with British Netherlands are below sea level. Fear The duty of a stewart to his Lord’, by land surveyors' manuals. of flooding caused the Dutch to create Edward Laurence, land-surveyor (1717) – Private collection. 'waterschappen' (regional councils that What did you need to study/ decided how to deal with water) in the manuals. John Norden's ‘The where have you needed to gain Middle Ages. Some scholars suggest Surueior's Dialogue '(1607): (a series of experience to get this far? that this early form of negotiation is the dialogues between a fictional surveyor reason we are so keen on the concept and several interlocutors including In high school I was already very of decision making by consensus, our a tenant farmer, an aristocrat interested in history and telling 'Polder Model'. Of course this is debata- landowner, a manorial officer, and a stories. After I finished, I studied ble, but it’s an interesting thought. socially mobile land buyer) is probably for a diploma in journalism at the

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Manuscript map from ' This noble survey taken of the seignoye of Chrughoel & Tretowre ' (1587) by Robert Johnson

Hogeschool Windesheim (career- who has, inter alia, worked on Where do you see yourself going oriented) in Zwolle, and did some cartographic questions concerning from here? internships with both local (RTV border regions and religious space. Drenthe) and national (Wereld radio) This of course also incorporates I have until June to complete my radio stations. However, I found social history. thesis. After that I would like to join that what I really enjoyed was the someone else’s research project in research and so spent far too much In your experience, are there a order to gain more experience. I will time on it; news needs people who lot of young people then put together a proposal on a enjoy working fast! That wasn’t interested in cartography? research theme and apply to do a PhD, me. So I looked to the University of maybe in the UK as a lot of the source Groningen to see if I could apply A lot of young people are interested in material I use comes from there. Long for a Bachelor’s degree in History. maps, the way maps look, the map as term I would like to stay in academia. After obtaining it, I continued with object. But when looking at old maps I really like teaching; I have a desire a Master’s programme, but then they’re more likely to be interested to share. I also like to write and want my interest for cartography grew. in the decorative aspects, the sea to contribute to the big cartographic It was suggested that I switched monsters, for example. I think they jigsaw puzzle. to a Research Master’s CMRS. also succumb to the authority of ‘the The work I’m doing now has to be map’. If it’s there it must be right, As a final comment, perhaps completed over two years. I feel very whereas a student of cartography you’d like to tell us the ‘best comfortable with the format. I’m the questions everything! thing’, in your view, about your only person in my year specialising cartographical life right now. in historical cartography. The CMRS programme is interdisciplinary I’m very happy doing my research. I so students have a lot of scope in have found the place where I feel most what they do. My tutor is Prof. Dr. at home, and can’t really see myself Raingard Esser from Germany, doing anything else!

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The Cologne publisher Gerhard Altzenbach and Liège

Or: A Chapter from the Complexity Peter H. Meurer of Cartobibliography [email protected]

by Peter H. Meurer

An important group of historical depictions of Liège is formed by bird’s-eye views from the east, the archetype of which is linked with the name of the great German topogra- pher and engraver Matthäus Merian (1593-1650)1. The original edition was long seen in the engraving Leodium. – Liege. – Lütich. (29 x 37 cm), first published in Merian’s Topographia Westphaliae (Frankfurt am Main 1647 - see Fig. 1). An almost contemporary and even influential version Legia sive Leodium vulgo Liege (44 x 80 cm) was engraved by Julius Milheuser (1611–1680) for the town- book of the Netherlands (Amsterdam 1649) by Joan Blaeu (1596–1673)2. However, the origins of this group go further back two decades to another publishing milieu. The scarce literature in this field is a veritable Fig. 1. Small view of Liège from Matthäus Merian's Topographia Westphaliae-1647 hotchpotch of biographical and bibliographical dates. The present article attempts a first drawing of THE LARGE VIEW OF The cartobibliographical data are: the basic contours. LIÈGE BY MERIAN AND HONERVOGT • Main title in Latin in an orna- mented frame along the upper

1 Basic reference work on Merian The above chronology must be revised border: LEODIVM NOBILISSIMA is Wüthrich, Lucas Heinrich: Das since a large and highly detailed EBVRONVM ET TOTIVS druckgraphische Werk von Matthäus bird’s-eye view of Liège from the east INFERIORIS GERMANIAE Merian d. Ältere. 4 vols. Basel and with Merian’s signature came to light CELEBERRIMA CIVITAS. Hamburg 1966–1996. See also Wüthrich, 3 Lucas Heinrich: Matthäus Merian d. Ältere. in 1980 (see Fig. 2 on the centrefold) . • Three short vernacular titles in Eine Biographie. Hamburg 2007 the upper part of the view (each flanked by a coat- of-arms). Left in 2 Printed reference work on the subject 3 Wahle, Liège (1980), no. 18. This view French: LIEGE (Bavaria = Prince- is the exposition catalogue by Wahle, was missing in the chapter on Merian’s Bishop of Liège from the House Eugène: Liège et la Principauté dans la monumental town views in Wüthrich, of Wittelsbach); centre in Dutch: gravure ancienne XVIe – XIXe siècle. Liège Merian vol. I (1966), nos. 600–632. It was LVECK (Holy Roman Empire); right 1980. An annotated selection of historical included in the Nachträge (supplements) maps and views of Liège is given on the in Wüthrich, Merian vol. IV (1996), no. 51 in German: LVTTIG (City of Liège). website www.chokier.com/. and ill. no. 115a/b.

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• Four allegories on the glory and THE 1626 ORIGINAL wealth of the Prince-Bishopric of EDITION BY MERIAN Liège in frames with long bordering WITH ALTZENBACH inscriptions: Tropaion (upper left), abundance (upper right), mining The Honervogt imprint is missing in (centre left), agriculture (centre two hitherto undescribed states which right). In a frame at the lower left an can be regarded as exemplars of the image of the PALATIUM (residence true original edition in 1626. of the Prince-Bishops) with six eulogising verses in Latin4. • Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek • Lower left (on sheet 5) the imprint Darmstadt (N 1070-05). This exem- A Paris, chez Iac Honervogt excud. Fig. 3. Detail of figure 2 showing plar in 'Fürstenkolorit' is online at Lower right (on sheet 8) the signa- Merian's signature and date 1626 high resolution under: http://tukart. ture Matthaeus Merian fecit: j626. ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/601/ • Engraving on eight sheets, mounted is shown by a view of Liège in cavalier (see Fig. 2). in two rows (four sheets each); sheet perspective from the south (Leodium • The British Library London size c. 40.5 x 44 cm, overall size c. 81 – Liege – Lütich, 22 x 33 cm), which (Maps Tab.1.c.(2.)); uncoloured. x 176 cm. appeared in Merian’s Archontologia The unique exemplar was recorded cosmica (Frankfurt 1638). An additional component of both copies in the collection of Albert van Zuylen is a type-printed text which is pasted (1916-2008) in Grand-Halleux. In 1980 a The imprint on sheet five is clearly over the whole width under the lower facsimile reprint was made in a limited engraved by another hand. It refers border. It consists of nine numbered edition which, in the meantime, to Jacques Honervogt (c.1583– af- columns (c. 16.5 x 14.4 cm) under sheets was itself traded on the antiquarian ter 16-05-1655), the son of a Cologne 5 to 7 and 12 unnumbered narrow col- market. goldsmith5. He lived in Paris from c. umns under sheet 8. The overall size of 1604 as an engraver. He married in a mounted copy is c. 97 x 176 cm. The signature with the term fecit 1608 and became a naturalized French ('he has made it') (see Fig. 3) refers citizen in 1624. In 1625 at the latest, The far left column 1 includes a ded- first to the engraving and not to Honervogt established his own work- ication to Arnold de Bocholtz (1583– the authorship of the topographical shop at the sign 'À la Ville de Cologne' 1632) and Arnold van Wachtendonk drawing. A sojourn of Merian in the in the Rue Saint-Jacques. One empha- (1564–1633), the Provost and the Dean Netherlands is assumed with only sis of this firm was on maps6. Among of the Cathedral Chapter in Liège, and vague arguments. For instance, them are some re-issues with copper- to the Liège mayors Eustache Liverlo Jodocus II Hondius (1594- 1629) plates bought from Cologne publish- und Michel de Selys. It is signed by in Amsterdam published large ers. Part of the house 'À la Ville de their 'very humble servant' Gerarde panoramas of Krakow (1619) and Cologne' was continued from c. 1663 Altzenbach and dated 'Ce premier d'avril Genova (1620) engraved by Merian. by Honervogt’s collaborator Gérard 1625' (1 April 1625) (Fig. 4). But this may have been commissioned Jollain I (fm. 1660- 1683)7. work, done by Merian in the firm of his The text in columns 2 to 9 deals with father-in-law Johann Theodor de Bry the topographical situation and the (1561–1623) in Frankfurt am Main. history of Liège, the list of bishops, the cathedral chapter and its noble In all, the mapping of the present members, specific aspects from the bird’s-eye view of Liège would have 5 For biographical data see Fleury, ecclesiastical history and the organ- demanded a much longer stay than can Marie-Antoinette; Constans, Martine: isation of the city administration. It Documents du Minutier central be derived from Merian’s biography. concernant les peintres, sculpteurs et ends on sheet 9 with a confirmation On the other hand, he had compre- graveurs au XVIIe siècle. Vol. II. Paris 2010, that nothing of this text is contrary to hensive material from this complex at p. 222; Weigert, Roger-Armand: Inventaire Christian faith and historical truth. his disposal. An identical topography du fonds français. Graveurs du XVIIe This imprimatur is dated 18 July 1626 siècle. Vol. 5. Paris 1968, pp. 219–221. and signed by Jean de Chokier (de 4 Principis haec sedes, qua pulchrior 6 For a first summary see Loeb- altera non est, | Gismontes, iactet Surlet, 1571–c.1650), Vicar general of the Larocque, Louis: 'A la Ville de Cologne'. miracula barbara Memphis | Pyramidum, Der Pariser Karten- und Graphikverleger Archbishopric of Liège. He was a capa- merito turrida palatia iactat | Legia Jacques Honervogt aus Köln. In: ble jurist and historian. It remains to Mygdonio fulgentia marmore, centum Speculum Orbis 4, 1993, pp. 84–89. be clarified whether he was the author | Porticibus, centum celsis firmata columnis. | Qui non haec vidit nihilis 7 Weigert, Fonds français vol. 5 (1968), of this description himself. vidisse putandus. 452ff.

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First evidence for Altzenbach’s pres- privilege to produce and sell leaflets ence in Cologne is a note of 1609 that relating to the veneration of relics in he had a shop in the fore-yard of the Aachen, Cologne and Trier. Preserved cathedral close to the print quarter copies from this group are dated be- 'Unter Fettenhennen.' His first known tween 1615 and 1655. publication – a leaflet of 1612 – gives a nearby address auff S. Maximin Strasse. From c. 1620 Altzenbach produced the The permanent address from c. 1620 official annual calendar of the Cologne onwards is in der Engergassen bey den council in the form of a leaflet and Minnenbrüdern or in der Minnerbrüder decorated mostly with a town view in Umbgang. This refers to the surround- the format around 14 x 32 cm. Three ings of the Minorite Church to the versions of these views are interesting southwest of the cathedral in the par- in the present context11: ish of St. Kolumba. A dated leaflet pub- • In 1620 appeared a version with Fig. 4. Detail of figure 2 showing lished on the occasion of the Aachen the engraver’s signature M. Merian dedication by Altzenbach with pilgrimage in 1615 has the signature fecit12. date 1625 Gerardus Altzenbach Civis Coloniensis. • A version used between c. 1634 and Also the afore-mentioned imprint of 1648 was engraved by the great The 12 narrow columns under sheet 8 1625/26 calls him a 'citizen of Cologne.' Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677)13. consist of a 'Table des places celebres', However, the grant of the Cologne citi- After his apprenticeship with the key to the image's numbered zenship to Gerardt Altzenbach, living in Merian in Frankfurt, he lived from features. It is grouped into sections the parish of St. Kolumba, is official- 1633 to 1637 mainly in Cologne. on ecclesiastical buildings (1–82), civil ly documented only in 16349. There • Between 1633 and 1640 also occurs a buildings (82–136) and streets and followed the naturalizations of another view engraved by the above men- places in the town and the suburbs Gerhardt Altzenbach (from the parish of tioned Julius Milheuser. (137–309). At the end is the imprint: St. Laurentius) in 1656 and of Wilhelm A LIEGE,| Chez IEAN TOVRNAY, Altzenbach (also from the parish of St. The publication of this council calen- Imprimeur juré ,| Aux despens de Kolumba) in 166810. dar was discontinued by Altzenbach Gerarde Altzenbach | Bourgeoy at his own request in 1660. Only in the de Cologne. This edition was thus Most probably we have a Gerhard I and later years Altzenbach dealt with de- produced at the expense of Gerhard in the next generation Gerhard II and pictions of Cologne in larger formats. Altzenbach from Cologne by Jean Wilhelm. The date of death of Gerhard We know three publications: Tournay, who was active as a printer I Altzenbach is unknown. The Cologne • Altzenbach’s imprint dated 1656 in Liège between c. 1625 and c. 1655. He shop was continued until c. 1661 prob- appears on a large view (12 sheets, was on good terms with the church ably by Gerhard II and from c. 1664 at 46 x 150 cm) engraved by Wenceslaus authorities. His address after c. 1640 least until 1680 by Wilhelm Altzenbach. Hollar. The plates were commis- reads proche Saint-Denys, à l'enseigne sioned in 1635, but not published de Saint-Augustin or sub signo Sancti Altzenbach was a publisher of leaflets, by Abraham Hogenberg (c. 1580 – Augustini propre S. Dionysium. graphics and illustrated books. There c.1653)14. is no evidence that he was an engraver. THE COLOGNE PUBLISHER He worked with many artists and in 11 Sievers, Anke: Köln von seiner cooperation with colleagues in oth- schönsten Seite. Köln 1997, especially nos. GERHARD ALTZENBACH 20, 34, 35. er towns. In all, his oeuvre is rather Biographical data and sources on confused and only fragmentarily 12 Wüthrich, Merian vol. I (1966), no. 619. Gerhard Altzenbach are scarce8. preserved. 13 The new standard work on Hollar The surname refers to the village is Turner, Simon (comp.); Bartum, Giulia (ed.): The New Hollstein. German Alzenbach near Cologne on the river A first group of publications shows engravings, etchings and woodcuts Sieg. Date and place of his birth are Altzenbach’s early and close connec- 1400-1700: Wenceslaus Hollar . 11 vols. unknown. tions to the ecclesiastic authorities. In Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel 2009-12. For the 1612 he received a ten-year episcopal German years see vol. I, pp. 23-230, 14 Sievers , Köln (1997), no. 3. For a 9 Stehkämper, Hugo (ed.): Kölner 8 An outdated , but still unrivaled, detailed study see Dieckhoff, Reiner: Neubürger 1356–1798. Cologne - Vienna reference work on Cologne artists is Wenzel Hollar’s große Ansicht von Köln 1975, vol. 1, no. 1634/197. Firmenich-Richartz, Eduard: Kölnische aus dem Jahre 1635. In Schäfke, Werner Künstler in alter und neuer Zeit. 10 Stehkämper, Kölner Neubürger, nos. (ed.): Wenzel Hollar Die Kölner Jahre. Düsseldorf 1895, on Altzenbach p. 42. 1656/19 and 1668/50. Cologne 1992, pp. 39–54.

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• There exists a 1753 issue of a town be clarified. There was a Guillaume at the latest, Altzenbach may have plan with the image of a procession Altzenbach who lived from c. 1665 as given the original material from Liège and a border showing the coats-of- an engraver in Paris in the Rue Saint- around 1623 to Merian who had at that arms of Cologne mayors (2 sheets, Jacques. When he was naturalised in time (1620–1624) his own atelier in 60 x 95.5 cm). It bears the signatures 1679, he described himself as the son of Basel. Having taken over the Frankfurt of the artist Johann Schott (active a Wilhelm Altzenbach and a native of firm of Johann Theodor de Bry in 1624, 1632–1677) and the engraver Johann Liège18. he was busy with new and urgent du- Heinrich Löffler (active 1640–1688). ties. This may have caused a delay with Traces of erasures help to recon- Gerhard Altzenbach’s first known pub- the finishing of the copperplates for struct a lost Altzenbach state lication on Liège is a large perspective the publication prepared for 1625. of 165815. view of the town from the southeast:19 • Another view (2 sheets, 30 x 80 cm) • Titles LIEGE and LEVCK in floral An analysis of Altzenbach’s total pro- with type-printed texts in Latin, frames in the upper part. duction suggests that his Liège activ- German and French bears the • Lower left (on sheet 1) in a scroll- ities declined after 1626. The reasons imprint Gerhardt Altzenbach excudit work cartouche: AEGIDIUS are unknown. But this may explain Coloniae 1660 and the signature of MARISCHAL PICTOR | LEODII the sale of the copperplates to Jacques the Cologne painter and engraver DELINIAVIT | A.° 1618. Half right Honervogt in Paris20. Johann Toussyn (1608–after 1660)16. (on sheet 3) the engraver’s signature Iohan veenen fec. Lower right AN ALTZENBACH MAP OF Schott and Toussyn also made smaller (on sheet 4) the imprint Gerrardus LIÈGE town views of Cologne for Altzenbach’s Alzenbach exc. council calendar (issues of 1654 and • Engraving on four sheets, overall Another cartographical mystery around 1661)17. size 40 x 205 cm. Altzenbach is an east-oriented map of In summary, Gerhard Altzenbach • Only known copy: the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (Fig.5) was the leading Cologne publisher of Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden with the following bibliographical data: topographical prints after the gradual (COLLBN M 31-18-7411-110/9a-d). decline (from c. 1620) and definite end • No title. (1653) of the Hogenberg firm. The occurence of reference num- • Upper right corner in a decorated bers 1–96 suggests the existence of scrollwork cartouche a eulogistic ALTZENBACH AND LIÈGE a type-printed legend which is lost. poem on Liège in elaborate human- This additional sheet may have given ist Latin (12 lines in two columns)21. A second centre of Altzenbach’s activ- further publishing details. The inven- Lower right corner in a scrollwork ity and interest was Liège. This made tor Aegidius de Marischal was born in some authors assume the existence of Antwerp and studied in the early 1580s 20 This sale took revenge on the occasion of the siege of Liège in 1649 two publishers with the same name. in Leiden. There are no other works of in a trouble between the citizens and But this linkage is simple to explain. this 'painter of Liège' preserved. Also the prince-bishop. When the market The episcopal seats of the Archdiocese the engraver Johann Veenen is other- demanded an illustration of that theatre, and Electorate of Cologne and of the wise unknown. a new view (38 x 82 cm) with explanatory texts was published without the name Prince-Bishopric of Liège were held of a publisher in Cologne. It is signed over a century in personal union by Further research must study whether by the engineer Andreas Zeidler as the members from the Bavarian House we may here have the milieu also for author and by the above mentioned of Wittelsbach: Ernest of Bavaria the survey which formed the sources Johann Heinrich Löffler as the engraver. A copy of this hitherto undescribed (1581/1583-1612, Ferdinand of Bavaria of the large bird’s-eye view described view in the Sächsische Landes- und (1612-1650) and Maximilian Henry of above. In any case, Altzenbach appears Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (A 4366). Bavaria (1650-1688). as the organiser and financier of this 21 LEGIA cerne tulas te circum maxima publication. A remarkable detail are gnatas, | Quae cingunt matrem non Details of the presence of the the differing dates in Altzenbach’s sine honore suam. | Harum Germanis Altzenbach family in Liège remain to dedication (1625) and the signatures pars utitur una loquelis, | Cimbrica gens olim, qualibus usa fuit. | Altera facundae of Merian and Chokier (1626). Using dat Gallica carmina linguae, | Romuleos 15 Schäfke, Werner: Köln in his established cooperation since 1620 credat quilibet esse sonos. | Utraque Vogelschauansichten. Köln 1992, no. 12. gens pugnax, pia gens est utraque, fortis | Utraque, Principibus semper amata suis. 16 Schäfke, Vogelschauansichten (1992), 18 Weigert, Inventaire du fonds français, | Principibus nam fida suis hoc tempore no. 10. graveurs du XVII e siècle Vol. 1 1939), pp. mansit, | Quo veros alii, deservere Duces. | 23-25. 17 Schäfke, Vogelschauansichten (1992), Foelix prole tua laudabere LEGIA semper, nos. 8 and 9. 19 Wahle, Liège (1989), no. 14. | Et cur lauderis LEGIA semper erit.

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Fig. 2. Large view of Liège. by Merian with G. Altzenbach of 1626 (with permission of the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt

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Fig. 5. Map of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (B) from Altzenbach-1627 (BnF Cartes et plans GE-D-10277) Source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France

frame an explanation on the col- This 1627 Altzenbach map is in its The addition of armorial borders with ouring in German: Buchstaben der second state. Clear evidence are the coding letters and generally the style farben | von den Wapen. | b. blowe. | poem on Liège and Altzenbach’s im- of lettering are very similar to Cologne g. gelb. gr. grün. | gra graw. | r. rodt. | print. They are engraved by another map engravings of around 160022. w. weiss. At the bottom of this frame hand than the remaining parts of the imprint: Gerardt Altzenbach the map. However, such an earlier issue or excudit | 1627. Morever, the sole surviving copy is a complete copy of the Altzenbach • Lower left of centre a tripartite incomplete. The key at the lower right edition waits for a fortunate map scale bar: Scala Milliarium Leodiens: explains the meaning of abbreviations hunter. [8= 113/152 mm]. of colour names. Such small letters • Engraving, 33.5 x 57 cm. were engraved into the fields of coats- • Only known copy: Bibliothèque of -arms as an aid for the colouring. nationale de France-Paris (Cartes The present exemplar does not have et plans, GE D-10277); accessible via such an armorial decoration. But the the online portal 'gallica.bnf.fr.' lower border shows the remains of an ornamental frame and the upper half The topographical image is almost of the city emblem of Liège. One may 22 A perfect parallel is a map of the Holy Roman Empire on three sheets, perfectly copied from the Leodiensis assume that a border with coats-of- which was engraved by Matthias Quad diocesis typus (38 x 50 cm) after Jan arms has been cut off. (1557–1613) and Elias van den Bosche (fl. van Schille, published from 1584 in c. 1580–1620) for the Cologne publisher Abraham Ortelius atlas Theatrum Orbis Peter Overadt (active 1590–1652). The first state in 1600 was followed by re-issues up Terrarum. to 1630. See Meurer, Peter H.: Corpus der älteren Germania-Karten. Alphen aan den Rijn 2001, no. 7.6.1.

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International Conference 2016 GLOBES AND INSTRUMENTS

Saturday 10 December 2016, Royal Library, Brussels Belgium

By Caroline De Candt

This year, our conference is dedicated to a subject that is often overlooked. As usual, we will have speakers from abroad but also some ‘home grown’ ones, from our very own Map Circle.

Indeed, the subject of globes will be treated by Elly Dekker (who, among many things, catalogued the London National Maritime Museum’s globe collection) and Sylvia Sumira (a leading authority on historic globes and one of very few curators in the world to specialise in printed globes). Wulf Bodenstein, our former president and specialist on the cartography of Africa, will give a talk on a terrestrial globe of 1846 by Philippe Vandermaelen, together with Marguerite Silvestre, Head of the Map Room of the Royal Library of Belgium. This is one of only three exemplars known and it is now preserved in the Map Collection of the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren.

And since we are in the Royal Library, why not visit the two wonderful Coronelli globes that grace both entrances of the building? This will be done under the expert lead of Wouter Bracke, or one of the staff at the Library.

Instruments and their makers will be the subject of the presentations by Koenraad Van Cleempoel (TO BE CONFIRMED) (Professor in Art History at the University of Hasselt) and Jan De Graeve, member of the Circle’s Executive Committee and avid collector of ancient instruments. Jan will talk about scientific measuring instruments in the 16th century.

Date: Saturday 10 December 2016, 9.30 – 16.30 Venue: Royal Library Meeting Center, Mont des Arts / Kunstberg – Boulevard de l’Empereur 2 /Keizerslaan 2 1000 Brussels.

Admission is free for Map Circle’s members, non-members pay EUR 10.00 at the entrance. Lunch is being arranged in the Library’s cafeteria, with catering services. Price: EUR 35.00

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9th Annual General Meeting (AGM) Saturday 12 March 2016, at 10.30, Royal Library, Brussels Belgium

By Karen De Coene

On Saturday 12 March fifteen ac- so – a more up-to-date, full colour tive members gathered for the Map magazine: ‘Maps in History’ (MiH). Circle’s AGM in the boardroom of the Besides the obvious change in layout, Royal Library in Brussels. Caroline there has also been – less visible for De Candt, President, opened the our readers – a significant change meeting, welcoming everyone and in the organisation: for eleven years, launched the 19th and super efficient Jean-Louis Renteux performed the edition of our annual meeting. With incredible job of doing all editing the adoption of the agenda, elections and laying out by himself; from 2015 and resignations of active members onwards he finally got help. The the necessary formalities were soon layout is now supported by David accomplished. Raes and Paul De Candt.

MiH 54 in its new and full coloured version.

On 9 May 2015, our usual annual excursion took us to Antwerp’s MAS Museum exhibition ‘The World in a Mirror’, guided by MAS’s Jan Parmentier (see MiH 53). In addition, on 23 May, Jan De Graeve invited Map Circle members on a guided tour to Caroline De Candt (President) and Karen De Coene (Map Circle-secretary) the exhibition ‘Travels in my library’ taking care of the agenda , formalities and meeting progress. (‘Le Livre et le Voyage’) which he had Then we looked back over last Time had come for Jean-Louis Renteux mounted at the Royal Library with his year’s events with a slide-show to to give an overview of the content of bibliophiles association. illustrate the Activity Report. But last year’s ‘Maps in History’, with, not before the President thanked among many topics , a current de- The focus of our annual Conference the Executive Committee for the bate on portolan charts (MiH 52 & 53), on 12 December 2015 was on Turkey, in many responsibilities it takes in the that will ultimately result in a Lisbon line with that year’s Europalia theme: yearly activities of the Map Circle. In conference in June 2016 (see the Events ‘Mapping the Ottoman Empire’. With 2015 the EC held three meetings to calendar). Jean-Louis expressed the the gracious help of the Yunus Emre organise the yearly agenda. Besides, general EC awareness of the fact that Cultural Institute, the Circle managed a small working group dealt with the our ‘Maps in History’ is the main to invite no less than two university specific issue of restyling our former connection to many of the Circle’s professors, one from Ankara and one Newsletter into – at least we hope members. from Istanbul. Together with the other

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expert speakers, they made the event really worthwhile for the large audi- ence (See MiH 54 for the full account).

Past and future events are listed on the website. Our webmaster Pierre Parmentier makes sure that you can find whatever information you may need!

Finally, our treasurer and membership secretary Eddy Maesschalk took the meeting through the accounts. The statutory auditors concluded that the financial data provided an accurate picture of the real situation and that throughout the years EC members took care to keep the finances healthy. The most important problem the Map Circle has today is the loss of spon- Pierre Parmentier (webmaster); David Raes and Jean-Louis Renteux sored funding. We kindly invite our (designer of the new layout and editor, respectively, of ‘Maps in History’) during the Annual Conference members to think of possible future sponsors and to suggest BMC sponsorship to their professional contacts.

The main theme of the 2016’s AGM was certainly ‘Maps in History’. A special thanks went to our vice-president and editor-in-chief, Jean-Louis Renteux, because of the vital role he plays in Grafiek en oude kaarten producing our magazine. However, we Aankoop en verkoop should not forget the ongoing efforts of our president, Caroline De Candt, to Rob Camp streamline the Circle’s activities. Many Beursstraat 46 thanks as well to our loyal members, 3832 Ulbeek-Wellen residents of 26 countries, to our read- www.lex-antiqua.be ers and to everyone taking part in our activities! Tel: +32 (0) 11 39 63 38 The Annual Conference handout Mobile: +32 (0) 498 77 25 05 Fax: +32 (0) 11 63 38 [email protected]

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By Karen De Coene

Since the annual Map Evening switched to a Map Afternoon (MapAf) in 2015, the Boardroom of the Royal Library in Brussels has served as the venue of all map-collecting endeavours. Besides its well-known benefits in terms of accessibility and room availability – not to speak of the historical area where it is situated – the 2016 location maximised expected surprise. On Saturday 12 March our President, Caroline De Candt, as Fig. 1. The MapAf organisers, Jean-Christophe Staelens and Henri Godts well as our two MapAf organisers, Jean-Christophe Staelens and Henri cartography contributed to a climate of Warsaw to move into a designated Godts, welcomed Gérard Bouvin of fear in occupied Warsaw (Fig. 2) . The ‘Jewish Residential District’. Shortly as a special guest from the Library. designer, Max Jesuiter, ‘Stabsführer’ after, local newspapers started to dis- Besides a life-long devotion to maps of the Warsaw SS, used as basic layer cuss the exact boundaries of the des- and cartography, for which reason a secret printed map from the topo- ignated Ghetto. However, it was only alone he would be a very natural graphic division of the German Army. with Jesuiter’s map that these became member of our Circle, Gérard brought These so-called ‘Topographietruppe’ necessarily fixed for the sealing of the with him several maps of the Library’s revised local maps were based on Ghetto on November 16. collection. However, let’s not get ahead aerial photographs and information of the day’s story. Intellectual exercise gathered by spies. Jesuiter drew on Harrie’s second map shows the is nice but not of much use on an this map the boundaries of the Jewish distribution of Jews in Northwest empty stomach and being – as usual district. Why he did so can be traced Russia. Franz Doubek, chief – in Burgundian Brussels we could back to the Nazi's decree of 12 October cartographer of the ‘Publikationstelle first enjoy what especially our Dutch 1940, requiring all Jewish residents Berlin’, mapped data from earlier members highly appreciated: a small sandwich lunch with plenty of wine and pastries.

After lunch Jan De Graeve had the honour of opening the Map Afternoon presenting us the day’s edition of French journal ‘La voix du Nord’ on an exhibition in Cassel about Mercator and Ortelius ( ‘La carte: miroir des hommes, miroir du monde’; see the report on page 36).

Afterwards Harrie Teunissen shared with us his interest in Holocaust cartography. Spatial research and mapmaking played a major role in identification, localisation, perse- cution and destruction of Jewish people during the Second World War. Harrie’s first map, a manuscript plan Fig. 2. Harrie Teunissen showing a manuscript plan of the Warsaw Ghetto. of the Warsaw Ghetto, illustrates how

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censuses in the Soviet Union, Latvia, Spanish possessions on the American from 1557, a historical map showing Lithuania, Estonia and Poland to continent had become independent, the roads of the Roman Province provide a cartographic tool for Vives managed to preserve the island ‘Gallia Belgica’ in the 1st century military operations and for exercising of Cuba for the Spanish queen. In BCE. The same goes for the other control in occupied territories. addition to Estratón Bauzá and maps presented by Henri and Eric, Matías Letamendi, Carlos Roca was such as Blaeu’s beautifully coloured With Gérard Bouvin we travelled the man responsible for drawing the ‘Inferioris Germaniae Provinciarum from Poland to Cuba. After the map, which was eventually engraved Nova Descriptio’ (1604), Koops’ map of census in 1827 José Gaspar Jasme- in Barcelona in 1835 by Domingo the river Scheldt (1797), Désiré Raes’ Valcourt e Iznardi organised the most Estruch. Privately funded, only 503 peculiar map for the (partially) blind, important cartographic enterprise of copies were published of which only a and the satellite map of Belgium by Cuba’s 19th century history: between few survive today. Belfotop-Eurosense (1980). 1825 and 1828 the whole island was surveyed resulting in a topographic Following the publication last year Jean de Borchgrave returned to the map of the main island and of Isla of the book on Flanders’ maps German warfare with a double-sided de la Juventud. Besides showing (‘Vlaanderen in 100 kaarten’) which military map of the region between toponyms, cities, villages, roads was the result of a close co-operation Roeselare and Ghent. Surprisingly, and rivers, the map represents the between the Royal Library (Wouter the map showed on the verso economic situation, as well as the new Bracke) and Brussels Map Circle (Eric Southeast-England! Luckily we had administrative division established Leenders and many other contribu- Francis Herbert who explained how in 1827 when Cuba was segmented in tors), Henri Godts and Eric Leenders after the Occupation and probably three military departments (Western, commented on five maps five maps because of paper shortage, large Central and Eastern). Better known from the Royal Library which Gérard stocks of maps printed to prepare the as the ‘Carta de Vives’ the map Bouvin had kindly borrowed for the invasion of England became useless was named after its commissioner occasion. MapAf participants thus had and were reused to print maps of Francisco Dionisio Vives, Governor the privilege to admire a unique map: other regions with an increasing of Cuba from 1823 until 1832. When all Gilles Boileau de Bouillon’s woodcut importance! A detailed look at Jean’s

Fig. 3. Mapaf participants crowd around the ‘Carta geogr. topográfica de la isla de Cuba’ presented by Gérard Bouvin (detail with the cartouche).

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Fig. 4. Gallia Belgica, Gilles Boileau de Bouillon, 1557 second map, Africa by Hondius, the same states as in his atlases; but field. This world is continuously evolv- defined it as a 20th century facsimile. he had found in NLS a letter dated ing and our circle is keen to devote 7 December 1869, from Collins to particular attention to it, with our The MapAf participants were invited Bartholomew, ordering or confirming traditional ‘digital corner’, a topic par- to see Francis Herbert’s (probably) many ‘Imperial 4to’ maps, that includ- ticularly appreciated by younger mem- incomplete set of folded and undat- ed the sentence ‘We have also sent you bers who joined us in recent years. ed ‘Collins’ Series of Penny Maps 16 plates & proofs from 16 maps for our Full Coloured’ by John Bartholomew Outline Atlas ...’ Caroline and Paul De Candt, with (Edinburgh) – some with ‘Constructed Georges Vande Winkel, presented & engraved by John Bartholomew Maps for a bargain were highly popu- the Villaret Map (1745-1748), a F.R.G.S.’ on the front cover also – all lar in 19th-century Victorian England. manuscript map preserved in the published by ‘William Collins, Sons, Francis also showed ‘Gills Victoria Institut géographique national de & Company’ (until 2 January 1880), atlas. 101 maps’ (title-page: ‘Revised France (Saint-Mandé, Paris). The or (after 2 Jan. 1880), by ‘William edition of Gill’s Victoria atlas’), by map resulting from French surveys Collins, Sons, & Co., Limited’. Francis George Gill & Sons – ‘educational pub- after the Battle of Fontenoy (1745) opened by telling us that he had spent lishers’ – of London (c. 1882). Its maps, covers huge areas of the Austrian Low Monday to Wednesday the same week many noted as part of ‘Gill’s School Countries (now Belgian territory). in Glasgow and Edinburgh, searching Series’, were mostly the signed work If compared to Ferraris, the map for information in the Collins’ Archive of John Dower. The atlas’s remarkable testifies to the important changes in in Glasgow University and in the chromo-lithographed hard front cover the landscape and especially in the Bartholomew Archive in the National (showing balloon over dramatic moun- road network during the Austrian Library of Scotland respectively; on tains and lakes landscape), sold for one administration. Of the 73 map sheets the Internet (for newspaper advertise- shilling (£0.05). only 69 came out of Villaret’s hands. ments); and in four of his own world Paul explained the process of geo- atlases dated 1870 to c. 1882, consist- The MapAf is also an opportunity to referencing the map by Aquaterra. ing of Bartholomew maps for Collins. address digital cartography and to Firstly the grid was given modern None of his 16 maps matched precisely share the latest developments in the coordinates; secondly every map sheet

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was attached to the grid; and, thirdly, the new map composition got exact geographical coordinates. Even then 10 000 to 15 000 geo-localised points were necessary to provide us with a complete view. Most interesting is how the geo-referenced map renders the geographic distortion.

To end our ‘digital corner’, Pierre Parmentier presented numerous ‘cartographic gateways’ provided by our website (www.bimcc.org), such as, libraries and official institutions, cartographic journals and editors and cartographical associations. See for yourself and use whatever you like. Feel also free to inform Pierre on new events, publications, exhibitions, etc.

The moment had come for a special story. Eddy Masschalck reported on a Dutch lady, Mrs. T. Ensink (Amsterdam, 1929), who moved from Amsterdam to Roeselare where she commemorates the time-consuming efforts of our early cosmographers by a 1500 hours’ copy with needle and thread. Whoever wants to see the cartographical hand embroidery pattern (see Fig. 6), should visit Café Damberd in Izegem! Fig. 5. Earliest known Ortelius rendering of Roman fort Brittenburg, off the Dutch coast near Leiden, dated 1566 in the copperplate Belgium remained a wanted territo- (Hans Kok collection) ry for cartographic endeavours with Jean-Louis Renteux’s slip-case con- taining a set of six folded maps glued least this is what he makes us believe. Then followed the earliest known on linen and covering the whole of But never trust a salesman! As the Ortelius rendering of the Roman fort Belgium, published by the Dépôt de la atlas is signed by the buyer in 1885, the Brittenburg, on the Dutch coast near Guerre (1875), with a similar cartouche brewer annotated it with both his ear- Leiden, dated 1566 in the copperplate. to those on Vandermaelen maps. lier and later itineraries on the versos As the coastline receded the fort’s of corresponding maps. A slight touch current position is unknown. Next was For the foreign countries seekers Wulf of nostalgia finds the reader when the Gastaldi’s woodcut of West Africa pub- Bodenstein brought a 19th century brewer laments his long distance love lished in G. B. Ramusio’s ‘Navigationi pocket atlas published by the famous of his home-country, freely quoting et Viaggi’ (Venice, 1565), with the course firm of Justus Perthes (Gotha) that, Heinrich Heine’s poem from 1839: of the Niger River running straight unlike every possible clean copy, had ‘Deutschland du meine ferne Liebe’. east-west. One image was sufficient a marvellous tale to tell. The buyer, an to explain the cartographic revolu- unknown German brewer J.G. Riede, To present a new map on every MapAf tion: the title page from Pieter van der travelled from the North Cape to is a hard job. Hans Kok has been doing Keere’s atlas ‘Germania Inferior’ where Algiers, from Gibraltar to Jerusalem, that for several years and he con- printing and compass are considered from Rotterdam to Luxor. From his tinued to do so at this year's after- as the necessary conditions for the first stay in Munich in 1840 until his noon. His first item was a rare print distribution of maps and the explora- last recorded visit to Toblach (or: from Bruges-born painter Johannes tion of new lands. However, explorers Dobbiaco, Tyrol) on 24 April 1888 he Stradanus (1523-1605) showing a very were not dazzled by just land, as is made the atlas his travel companion. At early version of a magnetic compass. shown by the print of Clara, a rhino

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Fig. 6. Embroidery map of Flanders.

brought to Europe on a VOC ship in 1751 for display all over Europe. The print compares Homann’s picture to that by Albrecht Dürer.

Our last presenter of the day, Marcel Van Brussel, paged through his Félix Delamarche world atlas to show us all territories discovered before its publication.

Needless to say that it has been a day full of maps, atlases and many other surprises. For those of you who were not present, may this report somehow compensate for your absence!

Fig. 7. Lapis Polaris Magnes - from Stradanus

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List of the maps presented at the Map afternoon

Maps Presented by Harry Teunissen Maps presented by Map presented by Caroline and Eric Leenders and Henri Godts Paul De Candt, Georges Vande Winkel • The manuscript map 'Judenghetto' by M. Jesuiter (Nov. 1940), drawn • Gallia Belgica, Gilles Boileau de • The Villaret Map of the Austrian on the secret 'Mil. Geo. Stadtplan Bouillon, 1557 Low Countries. Warschau', by the 'Generalstab des • Inferioris Germaniae Provincarum, Heeres, 9. Abt. Willem J. Blaeu, 1604 Maps presented by • The secret ethnographic map • De Schelde, Matthias Koops, 1797 Jean-Louis Renteux 'Die Verbreitung der Juden im • Carte de la Belgique à l’usage des Nordwestl. Europäischen Russland' aveugles, Désiré Raes, 1841 • A slip case ( 173 x 60 x 125 by F.A. Doubek and K.v. Maydell, • Belfotop-Eurosense, Koninkrijk mm) marked 'Carte de 1: 1 500 000, Berlin-Dahlem 1942 België vanuit de lucht, 1980. Belgique/1:160.000/Alleweireldt'. (scan of the map). ‘Carte de Belgique indiquant toutes Maps presented by Jean de Borchgrave les voies de communication’. Map Presented by Gérard Bouvin • Two-sided German military map- Maps presented by Wulf Bodenstein • Carta geogr. topográfica de la isla de Deutsche Heereskarte. Cuba: dedicanla a la Reyna nuestra • Nova Africae Tabula, J. Hondius (1617). • Justus Perthes’ Taschen-Atlas, 1885: Señora Doña Isabel II. el teniente a pocket atlas of 12 plates with man- general conde de Cuba y la Comision Maps presented by Francis Herbert: uscript notes by a German traveller. de gefes y oficiales militares y de agrimensores públicos que la • 'Gills Victoria atlas. 101 maps. One Maps presented by Hans Kok levantó y formó de su orden en los shilling. London George Gill & Sons. años de 1824 à 1831: Carlos Roca 13 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row' • Stradanus, ‘Lapis polaris magnes’. lo dibujó: D° Estruch lo grabó en (ca. 1882) Engraved by Galle. Barcelona 1835 • An incomplete (?) set of ‘Collins’ • Ortelius, Ruinarum arcis Series of Penny Maps Full Coloured’ Britannicae apud Batavus typus, (by John Bartholomew) of ca. 1869-82. 1566. • Gastaldi, 'Parte de lafrica' • Detail of the title page from the 1617 Latin edition of the Kaerius atlas 'Germania Inferior' • Homann, 'Abbildliche geschichte der ausländischen Landthiere zweyten blat verinnen das Nashorn (...)'

Atlas presented by Marcel Van Brussel

• Félix Delamarche, ‘Atlas de la géographie ancienne, du Moyen-Age et moderne’, Paris 1822.

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Mercator and Ortelius in Cassel 12 March - 12 June 2016 - Musée de Flandre - Cassel - France

By Jean-Louis Renteux

Cassel boasts the highest summit in Flanders (176 metres high). It was there that General Foch established his headquarters at the end of 1914 to coordinate the French and British efforts during the Battle of Ypres. It may come as a surprise to some Belgians, but the highest point in Flanders is located in France. Cassel indeed belongs to that part of Flanders which was re- conquered by France under Louis XIV (1677). Nevertheless, Cassel is very much aware of the common heritage it shares with Flanders. Its museum, housed in the 16th century ‘Hôtel de la Noble Cour’ re-opened in 2010 as ‘Le musée de Flandre’ with the purpose to ‘display the entire variety and richness of Flemish culture from the 15th century to the present day, and ranging far beyond the borders’ (http://www.museedeflandre. lenord.fr).

The museum now hosts an exhibi- Painting of Mercator & Hondius by Joseph. Bellemans - ca. 1830 tion, ‘The cartography or the mirror (Royal Museum of Fine Arts - Antwerp) of the world. Mercator and Ortelius’ (until 12 June 2016). It celebrates these presented will look familiar to our in the introductory section devoted brilliant cartographers, both natives members, as they come from the to medieval cartography, are two of Flanders and considered as the collection of the Society of Antiquaries remarkable portolan charts lent by the founders of modern geography, and of the Land van Waas (Sint-Niklaas). Bibliothèque nationale de France. illustrates their discoveries by a se- But other institutions also contributed lection of books, old maps, measuring (the Royal Library of Belgium, for To complement the exhibition the instruments but also paintings; the example) which made possible a museum also organised a colloquium exhibition offers an immersion into the remarkable display based on the four – its very first! – on Monday 21 March 16th century, the period of humanism continents: for each continent (Europe, 2016, on the theme ‘Mercator et and opening access to knowledge Asia, Africa, America) a map from Ortelius. Vers une nouvelle géographie’ Mercator is presented alongside a map [. . .Towards a new geography] – a A number of the maps and atlases from Ortelius. Also worth mentioning, theme familiar to our members since

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our 2012 Conference. Four specialists scientific talent could achieve its at sea. Although Mercator worked of Flemish cartography (who all full potential because he had been much of his life on the creation of his happen to be members of our Circle) able to assimilate what he learned Atlas, he did not see it printed in its were invited to address (mostly in from whomever he met. His network entirety. It was his son and his three French) the colloquium, which was was geographically dispersed from grandchildren who completed his well attended by over 60 people, Rupelmonde to ‘s-Hertogenbosch, work posthumously. mainly scholars from Lille university Mechelen, Leuven and Duisburg. He and some Belgian colleagues.. partly owes his fame to the design of ‘The legacy of Gerard Mercator, be- two globes, one terrestrial in 1541 and tween tradition and innovation’ was Eddy Maes, curator of the Mercator the other celestial in 1551 (replicas of presented by Karen De Coene, post- collection (Society of Antiquaries of which are present in the exhibition). doctoral researcher, and by Philippe De the Land van Waas), talked about the But he remains immortal through Maeyer, Professor at Ghent University. life of ‘Gerard Mercator and the birth his ‘Ad usum navigantium’ world of a new geography’. Gerard Mercator map of 1569. Constructed without Karen showed how Mercator's (1512-1594) began his career in mathematical background, it provided work symbolised the progressive manufacturing scientific instruments. a new projection that still bears his transition from the Middle Ages to the In his story Eddy questioned name. This projection is a turning Renaissance. For example, he made a the traditional image of the 16th point for mapping, making it easier cosmographical model still centred on century cartographer. Mercator’s for navigators to plot their route the earth, although Copernicus had

View of the exhibition, with the Mercator’s globes replicas and his ‘Eddy Maes cedes the floor to (reconstituted) library in the background. Karen De Coene’....

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‘Portolan atlas, attributed to Battista Agnese (ca 1500-1564). BnF, manuscript department’ proposed the central position of the sample some Flemish specialities – Jan De Graeve, well known to sun in 1543. The fact that Martin Luther Dirk Imhof , Curator of the Museum our members as the specialist of had commented against it might Plantin-Moretus in Antwerp Mercator’s library and scientific explain Mercator’s reticence. After all continued with a presentation (in instruments, finally spoke about ‘The Mercator had been accused of heresy English) on ‘The strong ties between scientific instruments in Mercator’s by the Catholic authorities in 1544. the publishing house Plantin-Moretus century’. The map of Flanders, from of Antwerp and Abraham Ortelius’ . Jacob van Deventer’s survey and en- Philippe then further detailed the The history of the successive editions graved by Gerard Mercator in 1540, is considerable influence Mercator had of the ‘Theatrum Orbis Terrarum’ of one of the first geometrically correct from the seventeenth century to the Ortelius is particularly interesting maps. It is based on the triangulation present. Having given some hints on when combined with the study of the method described in 1533 by Gemma the mathematics underlying Mercator’s archives of the Plantin-Moretus house Frisius, one of the first teachers of projection, he showed, in particular, ‘The Golden Compass’. Christopher Mercator. From the study of the books how this concept gradually imposed Plantin and his successor Jan Moretus and instruments of Mercator’s time, itself until now, with transverse were, in fact, closely involved in the Jan traced the evolution of various versions of the projection constituting production and dissemination of this instruments such as the theodolite, the basis of all contemporary atlas. The archives not only inform the tool used in order to simultane- cartographic applications. Philippe us about its production methods but ously measure horizontal and vertical emphasised how 19th century romantic also on the identity of its buyers. Dirk angles. recuperation resulted in Mercator’s explained in detail how single sheets fame today. As such, he joined the were printed, coloured and bound in This very successful (first) collo- other presenters agreeing on the fact atlases which, when prestigious, were quium was concluded with a visit to that Mercator was a child of his time reserved for court members, while the exhibition, guided by its curator, instead of an isolated cartographical city mayors, clergy members, army Cécile Laffon, Heritage Conservation genius. officers etc. purchased a more Officer. sober and thus less expensive copy. After the lunch break at a local Surprisingly enough, only scholars ’Estaminet’ – an opportunity to were rare buyers.

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celebrity as the new president. He even persuaded him Peter Barber, to give the 2016 Malcolm Young Lecture on Friday 3 now at IMCoS: June. Under the title ‘Mapping Dangerous Spaces’ Peter will explain what constitutes a dangerous space and ‘All lies, beautiful lies’ how they have been conveyed cartographically through By Karen De Coene the ages (see events). Once again, he uses maps ‘because they speak to the emotions, rather than to reason.’ Some years ago, on Sunday 20 March 2010, the ‘Independent’ reported on the memorable exhibition ‘Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art’ curated 3D globes on-line by Peter Barber and Tom Harper at the British Library. The author, Michal Church, quoted Barber repeatedly. You can now access 55 ancient globes of the Bibliothèque The now former Head of Map Collections at the British nationale de France (BnF) put online in 3-D on: http:// Library, is indeed never too embarrassed to make clever gallica.bnf.fr/html/und/cartes/les-globes-en-3d. This quips. From ‘A map is a lie’ to the ‘ongoing battle for the soul of cartography’, or ‘when you deal with projections (...) you can do what the hell you like’, just by quoting Barber gave Church an easy and witty report.

It should be no surprise that, if not only for his dry VenusGlobe, Bianchini, 1727 - Source: gallica.bnf.fr / English wit or bold statements, Peter Barber is a great Bibliothèque nationale de France addition to the International Map Collectors’ Society, whose presidency he recently accepted. Since the start 3D scanning was carried out thanks to the sponsorship of Peter’s career in the Department of Manuscripts in of the Japanese company Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. 1975, his unique eye for items of cartographic significance and the Total Corporate Foundation. This major opera- has resulted in some spectacular acquisitions for the tion is a world first for such an important set of globes. Library: the Mercator ‘Atlas of Europe’ with the only known manuscript maps in Mercator’s own hand, as well The Department of Maps and Plans of the BnF as the first cadastral survey of any European country, the preserves one of the largest collections of ancient ‘Down Survey’ of 1655 by William Petty, to name but two. terrestrial and celestial globes in the world: it is composed of a hundred mounted globes dating from Peter’s prolific pen has resulted in numerous the 11th to the 19th century and almost 200 preserved publications, with ‘The map book’ (2005) and ‘London: A globes as gores. history of maps’ (2012) as most recent books. He names his collecting spirit ‘omnivorous’, but has fortunately Among the 55 globes scanned, you can admire two Arab been bound by the need to prevent a professional celestial globes – one of which is the oldest preserved conflict of interest at the Library. The maps he does own (11th century)-- and a beautiful collection of unique are related primarily to his family history in Eastern pieces of the 16th century, handwritten or engraved on Europe. Would it be for this reason that the Library metal, depicting the Great Discoveries. The selection is website quotes among his many research interests also representative of the development of the printed geographic regions as Ticino, Bohemia and Moravia? production of the Dutch Golden Age and the diversifica- tion of European production during the Enlightenment. Peter has lent his cartographic expertise widely. He The edition of the 19th century is also illustrated by some has appeared in, and has been a consultant on numer- representative pieces of the genre's evolution until the ous television documentaries. No wonder that IMCoS Moon globe of the astronomer Camille Flammarion Chairman Hans Kok was honoured to announce such a (1896).

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In Memoriam of Mons, Belgian cartography in Spanish collections and several articles. Her contribution to the 2007 Claire Lemoine- exhibition and book devoted to ‘Images de Mons en Hainaut’ were reviewed in BIMCC Newsletter No Isabeau 27. Claire participated in a number of events of this (1931 – 2016) Circle, in particular in the excursions to Bitburg (2005) and Middelburg (2010). By Lisette Danckaert Claire’s keen intelligence, her capacity for pinpointing Claire passed away on Sunday 20 March. documents in archives gave birth to books that are a Born near Mons in 1931, she read history of Arts at great help for the history of cartography. We are in debt the ULB (Free University of Brussels). Her first po- to her for her painstaking research and publications. sitions were in this domain, among them at the City Museum of Brussels, and so were her first publica- She will be sorely missed by her numerous friends. tions. Getting to know Antoine De Smet, then Head of the Map Room of the Royal Library, she fell under the spell of old maps and their history. This became her field of research and she grew to be the most important author for the history of cartography in History of military Belgium. She got her PhD, summa cum laudae, in 1984 with a voluminous thesis on military cartography cartography in the South Netherlands and the Principality of By Karen De Coene Liège in the 17th and 18th centuries. As Claire was an expert draughtswoman, she drew several explana- ICA has now published the proceedings of the 5th tory maps which were added to the text. This work, somewhat simplified, became the first book of her trilogy on the history of military cartography, all published between 1984 and 1997 by the Royal Army Museum. They cover: the Service and the cartography in the South Netherlands, the cartography of the Belgian territory between 1780 and 1830, the map of Belgium and the Military Cartographic Institute. These much consulted works were not her only publications. In collaboration, she wrote among others about Comines-Warneton, the fortifications

International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, held in Ghent and Brussels in December 2014 (with the cooperation of our Circle), on the theme 'Cartography in Times of War and Peace'. It is edited by Elri Liebenberg, Imre Demhardt and Soetkin Vervust. This 378-pages volume gathers 19 papers first presented at the Symposium; preference was given to papers dealing with the military cartography of the First World War (1914-1918).

Claire Lemoine- Isabeau and her friend Lisette – ISSN 1863-2246. – ISSN 1863-2351 (electronic). – ISBN Danckaert browsing maps from the Niewodniczanski 978-3-319-25242-1. – ISBN 978-3-319-25244-5 (eBook) collection (Bitburg, 1 October 2005)

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Events calendar

‘MAPS AND SOCIETY’ LECTURES SERIES, LONDON Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano-Smith (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library), and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute).

Paid to do a Hobby: A Map Dealer’s Reflections on the Last Forty-five Years 12 May 2016 The annual London Map Fair Lecture by Jonathan Potter (Jonathan Potter Ltd) SHAPING THE NATION. leading national and international an- Venue: Warburg Institute, School of WALES MAP SYMPOSIUM tiquarian map dealers as well as hun- Advanced Study, University of London, dreds of visiting dealers, collectors, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB 27 May 2016 curators and map aficionados from all Contact: Catherine Delano-Smith parts of the world. A very large selec- Telephone: +44 20 8346 5112 ‘Shaping the Nation’ will examine the tion of Original Antique Maps will be E-mail: [email protected] role of maps in both depicting and cre- available for sale, ranging in age from Time schedule: 17.00 ating the nation both as an entity on the the 15th to the 20th century, covering all Entry fee: Admission is free and each ground and also as a perception in the meeting is followed by refreshments. parts of the world. www.maphistory.info/warburgprog.html minds of people. Presentations by Keith Lilley (Queen’s Venue: Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore. University Belfast), Chris Fleet (National THE OXFORD SEMINARS Time schedule: Library of Scotland), Yolande Hodson Sat. 4th June 2016; 12.00 pm to 7.00 pm IN CARTOGRAPHY. (Royal Collection at Windsor Castle), Sun. 5th June 2016; 10.00 am to 6.00 pm Rhys Jones (Aberystwyth University), www.londonmapfairs.com Oxford and cosmopolitan Huw Thomas (National Library of Wales), science in Greenland, Tom Pert (Royal Commission on the 3rd ISHMap Symposium 1920-1940 Ancient and Historical Monuments Encounters and of Wales).. Translations: Mapping 19 May 2016 and Writing the Waters Lecture by Richard Powell, School of Venue: National Library of Wales Time schedule: 10.00 – 16.30 of the World Geography, Oxford Telephone: + 01970 632 548 3 - 4 June 2016 www.llgc.org.uk/drwm Venue: School of Geography and the Lisbon, Portugal Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford, By the ISHMap in collaboration with OX1 3QY The annual London Map Fair Time schedule: 16.30 - 18.00 the Centro Interuniversitario das Contact: Nick Millea, Map Librarian, 4 - 5 June 2016 Ciencias e da Tecnologia (CIUHCT), Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford, The largest Antique Map Fair in University of Lisbon, and the Biblioteca OX1 3BG National de Portugal (BNP) Telephone: +44 1865 287119 Europe, established 1980 exhibits E-mail: [email protected] at the historic London venue of the Local organiser: Thomas Horst www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps Royal Geographical Society (RGS). This (Trustee of ISHMap and Postdoc at the event brings together around 40 of the CIUHCT). Representatives of the local

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partners: Antonio Sanchez Martinez special lighting to detect marks of use Course on the History of (CIUHCT), João Carlos García and to decipher illegible elements, and Maps and Mapping (University of Porto and CIUHCT) any other relevant approaches. and Maria Joaquina Esteves Feijão 20 - 24 June 2016 (Curator of the Maps at the National Venue: Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, London Library of Portugal). Campo Grande 83, 1749-081 Lisboa Sessions are designed to explore the The event will be free of charges. fundamental principles of map history ciuhct.org/events/portmeeting Venue: Auditório BNP, National Library of to provide a framework in which the Portugal, Lisbon details of any map from any period can ciuhct.org/pt/activity/ishmap-symposi- be accommodated. um-lisbon-2016 Universum Infinitum. Ocean World in European Organised by Catherine Delano Smith Exploration-theme from On the Origin and Evolution and Sarah Tyacke the German Philosopher of Portolan Charts. First Nicolaus Cusanus to the Venue: London Rare Books School, International Workshop University of London. Iberian Discoveries in Limited to 12 participants 6 - 7 June 2016 the 15th Century Lisbon, Portugal 17 - 18 June 2016 Workshop: Isles of Gold By the Interuniversity Centre for the Lisbon, Portugal History of Science and Technology, Revisited: New Approaches University of Lisbon (CIUHCT) and the Organised by the 'Kueser Akademie to the Study of Early National Library of Portugal (BNP für Europäische Geistesgeschichte' Modern Maps and the 'Cusanus-Hochschule' Organised by Joaquim Alves Gaspar (both: Bernkastel-Kues, Germany). 28 - 30 June 2016 (University of Lisbon), Tony Campbell Norwich and London (formerly British Library) and Venue: National Library of Portugal By the Sainsbury Institute for the Study Evangelos Livieratos (International Contact: Thomas Horst of Japanese Arts and Culture in celebra- Cartographic Association). ([email protected]). tion of Sir Hugh Cortazzi's collection of The workshop deals with when, where, historical maps of Japan. how and why the earliest portolan charts were constructed, how they Venue: Details will be available on the evolved over time, and what their Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Culture website. function was in marine navigation. Entry: free of charge (register in advance). Besides it focuses on the role of E-mail: [email protected] cartometric analytical techniques, analysis of inks and parchments,

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Note: the events are listed in chronological order (in case of a series of events, according to the first event in the series).

'Food, Feast & Famine.' 27e Festival International Symposium: À l’échelle With a component about de Géographie: ‘Un monde du monde. La carte, objet 'Mappings.' qui va plus vite ?’ culturel, social et politique, (A world that’s going faster?) de l'Antiquité à nos jours 4 - 7 July 2016 Leeds,UK 30 September – 2 October 2016 [On the scale of the world. Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France Maps: a cultural, social By the Institute for Medieval Studies, and political object from University of Leeds, has an International Invited country: Belgium Antiquity to the present day] Medieval Congresses. The Scientific committee is directed by Béatrice Collignon and Philippe Pelletier. 17 - 18 October 2016 Contact: Felicitas Schmieder (Felicitas. Venue: Saint-Dié-des-Vosges [email protected]) or Dan Albi, France www.fig.saint-die-des-vosges.fr Terkla ([email protected]) Venue: Centre Universitaire Jean- François Champollion - Place de Verdun 'Central European The Dissemination of Contact: Sandrine Victor Conference of Historical Cartographic Knowledge: ([email protected]). Geographers.' With confer- Production – Trade – ence theme: 'Central Europe Consumption – Preservation An International on old and historical maps.' 13 – 14 October 2016 Symposium on the History 31 August - 2 September 2016 Dubrovnik, Croatia of Cartography on Mapping Prague, Czech Republic By The ICA Commission on the History Asia. Cartographic of Cartography together with the ICA Encounters between East Venue: Charles University, Faculty of Commission on Map Production and and West Science, Albertov 6, 128 43, Praha 2, Geoinformation Management, the Czechia. 15 - 16 September 2017 ICA Commission on Use, User, and www.historickageografie.cz/cechg2016. Leiden, The Netherlands Usability Issues, and the Institute of Social Sciences ‘Ivo Pilar’ Jointly hosted by the International th The 18 Kartographie- Cartographic Association’s Venue: Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik historisches Colloquium Commission on the History of www.histacartodubrovnik2016.com 14 - 17 September 2016 Cartography and Leiden University. Vienna, Austria Venue: Leiden University Library, Venue: University of Vienna Witte Singel 27, 2311 BG Leiden Contact: Petra Svatek Contact: Martijn Storms ([email protected]) ([email protected].).

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Exhibitions calendar

7 Cudów Wroclawia i La carte, miroir des Proud and Quick. Dolnego Slaska’ hommes, miroir du monde Road Maps and Culture [The Seven Wonders of [Mercator et Ortélius, of Automobiles in Latvia Wroclaw and Lower Silesia] deux géographes flamands.] in 1920s to 1940s 4 February - 14 May 2016, Wroclaw, 12 March - 12 June 2016 29 August 2015 - 31 August 2016 Riga, Poland Cassel, France Latvia

Organised to coincide with Wroclaw's As part of the cycle 'The map invents Venue: National Library of Latvia. elevation as European Capital of the world', this exhibition presents Time schedule: Mon, Wed, Fri 12.00- Culture in 2016, this important maps, atlases and scientific instru- 20.00; Tue, Thu 9.00-17.00; Sat 10.00- exhibition focuses in Section I ments, from Dutch cartographers of 17.00; Sun closed ('Landscape') on the unique surviving the 16th and 17th centuries, until the new www.lnb.lv/en/event/exhibition-proud- and-quick-road-[...] copy of the first map of Silesia by techniques of digital mapping.. Martin Helwig, published in 1561. One of the earliest maps of Central Europe, Venue: 26 Grand Place, 59670 Cassel it was used by all the great European Telephone: +33 3 59 73 45 60, cartographers of the time (Ortelius, E-mail: [email protected] Entry fee: EUR 5.00, EUR 3.00 Mercator, Janssonius, Hondius, museedeflandre.lenord.fr/fr/Expositions/ Blaeu and Grodecki) for their own Lacartographi[...] representations of the region over the next two centuries.

Venue: Municipal Museum, Wroclaw Town Hall, Rynek Glowny [main square] Opening hours: Wednesday to Saturday 10.00-17.00, Sunday 10.00-18.00 Catalogue available (text in Polish and English)

Quando l’Italia designava il mondo [When Italy was drawing the world] 16 April - 10 July 2016, Bergamo, Italy Cartographic treasures of the Renaissance presented by Associazione Almagià.

Venue: Palazzo del Podesta, Piazza vecchia, Bergamo www.associazionealmagia.it

Note: exhibitions are listed in chronological order, according to closing data.

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Auction calendar

De Eland Bubb Kuyper Paulus Swaen Internet Auctions Weesperstraat 110, Jansweg 39, NL-2011 KM Haarlem NL-1112 AP Diemen tel. +31 23 532 39 86 www.swaen.com tel. +31 20 623 03 43 www.bubbkuyper.com [email protected] www.deeland.nl, [email protected] [email protected] 17 - 24 May 2016 19 June 2016, 11 September 2016, 20 24 - 27 May, 22 - 25 November 2016 November 2016

Henri Godts Loeb-Larocque Marc van de Wiele Avenue Louise 230/6 31, rue de Tolbiac, Sint-Salvatorskerkhof 7 B-1050 Brussels F-75013 Paris B-8000 Brugge tel. +32 (0)2 647 85 48 tel. +33 (0)6 11 80 33 75 or tel. +32 (0)50 33 63 17 fax +32 (0)2 640 73 32 tel./fax +33 (0)1 44 24 85 80 fax +32 (0)50 34 64 57 www.godts.com www.loeb-larocque.com www.marcvandewiele.com [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 21 June, 18 October, 13 December 2016 4 November 2016 (to be confirmed) Not confirmed yet

Peter Kiefer Buch- und The Romantic Agony Venator & Hanstein Kunstauktionen Acquaductstraat 38-40 Cäcilienstrasse 48, Steubenstrasse 36 B-1060 Brussels D-50667 Köln D-75172 Pforzheim tel. +32 (0)2 544 10 55 tel. +49 221 257 54 19 tel. +49 7231 92 320 fax +32 (0)2 544 10 57 fax +49 221 257 55 26 fax +49 7231 92 32 16 www.romanticagony.com www.venator-hanstein.de www.kiefer.de, [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 29 - 30 April 2016 25 - 26 November 2016 23 - 24 September 2016

This calendar is limited to those antiquarians and map dealers who support our Circle. For details please contact: [email protected]

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In the forthcoming issues of Maps in History, do not miss ...

• Report on the Map Circle’s ‘excursion’ to Rome (colloquium on Lafreri and IATO at the Academia Belgica and visits to prestigious map collections) • Report of the workshop on the origin of portolan charts in Lisbon • Seller's draught of Cape Bona Esperenza • Maps of the Medici family in Florence • Aspects of Ferraris' role through his correspondence

• Villaret map of Belgium

• Maps and archives and many reviews of recent books on cartography, reports on map exhibitions and other cartographic events.

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The Brussels Map Circle

AIMS AND FUNCTIONS HONORARY PRESIDENTS • Henri Godts [email protected] The Circle was created, as the Wulf Bodenstein • Jean-Christophe Staelens Brussels International Map Collectors’ Avenue des Camélias 71 [email protected] Circle (BIMCC), in 1998 by Wulf 1150 Bruxelles Bodenstein. telephone: +32 (0) 2 772 69 09 BECOMING (AND STAYING) e-mail: [email protected] Now known as the Brussels Map A MEMBER Circle, it is a non-profit making as- Eric Leenders Members receive three Newsletters sociation under Belgian law (asbl/vzw Zwanenlaan 16 per annum and have free admission 0464 423 627) . 2610 Antwerpen to most of the Circle’s events. Non- telephone: +32 (0) 3 440 10 81 Its aims are to: members pay full rates. e-mail: [email protected] 1. Provide an informal and convivial Annual membership: EUR 30.00, forum for all those with a special- EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Students and Juniors under 25: ist interest in maps, atlases, town PRESIDENT EUR 12.00. views and books with maps, be they Caroline De Candt To become (and stay!) a member, collectors, academics, antiquarians, Burggravenlaan 341 please pay the membership dues or simply interested in the subject 9000 Gent EXCLUSIVELY by bank transfer (no 2. Organise lectures on various as- telephone: +32(0)9 222 80 14 cheques please) to our bank account: pects of historical cartography, on e-mail: [email protected] IBAN: BE52 0682 4754 2209 regions of cartographical interest, BIC: GKCCBEBB and notify the on documentation, paper conserva- VICE-PRESIDENT Membership Secretary tion and related subjects AND EDITOR (ÉDITEUR ([email protected]) indicating your name and address. 3. Organise visits to exhibitions, and RESPONSABLE) to libraries and institutions holding Jean-Louis Renteux MAPS IN HISTORY important map and atlas collections. Rue des Floralies 62 The Brussels Map Circle currently pub- 1200 Brussels In order to achieve these aims, the Circle lishes three issues per year. It is distrib- telephone: + 32 (0)2 770 59 03 organises the following annual events: uted, not only to members of the Circle, e-mail: [email protected] • A Map Afternoon in March or April, but also to key institutions (universities, bringing together all those interest- TREASURER AND libraries) and to personalities active in the field of the history of cartography, ed in maps and atlases for an infor- MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY mal chat about an item from their located in 26 different countries. collection – an ideal opportunity to Eddy Masschalck Please submit calendar items and oth- get to know the Circle. Ridder van Ranstlei 77 er contributions to the editor (e-mail: • An EXCURSION to a map collection 2640 Mortsel [email protected]) by the following or exhibition. telephone: +32(0)474934761 deadlines: • AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE e-mail: [email protected] • 15 March for the May edition. on a specific major topic in December. SECRETARY • 15 July for the September edition. The Brussels Map Circle also publishes Karen De Coene • 15 Nov. for the January edition. Maps in History formerly known as e-mail: [email protected] Items presented for publication are ‘BIMCC Newsletter’, three times a year submitted to the approval of the and maintains a website. WEBMASTER Editorial Committee. Pierre Parmentier OFFICIAL ADDRESS Signed articles and reviews reflect e-mail: [email protected] solely the opinions of the author. Avenue Louise 230/6 Books for review should be sent to B-1050 Brussels SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR Nicola Boothby (Uwenberg 13, Wouter Bracke www.bimcc.org 1650 Beersel, Belgium, e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]) who will OTHER OFFICERS arrange for their review by a member of the Circle. • Lisette Danckaert • Jan De Graeve [email protected]

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