Maps in History

MAPS IN
HISTORY
September 2018
Newsletter No
62
Lodovico Guicciardini and his Descrittione
of the Low Countries
The Arlon-Luxembourg excursion
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Dear Map Friends,
Looks at Books
and Gallery In this issue of Maps in History you get the usual mix
Quality consignments welcome From around the World – Egypt, the Sudan and Libya...... 4 of ‘Looks at Books’, interview, news and articles on
history.
The Island of Malta and the Order of St John ................................ 6
Wouter Bracke, who has spent the last few years
A geographer’s career in the Enlightenment century-
promoting Belgian culture in Italy, revisits the work
Jean-Baptiste d’Anville ............................................................................................. 7
of one of his predecessors, Lodovico Guicciardini who,
in the 16th century, had promoted the knowledge of the
Low Countries with the publication of his Descrittione
History and Cartography
di tutti i paesi bassi. Wouter particularly analyses the
The maps in the early editions of Guicciardini's evolution of the maps and plans illustrations through
Descrittione di tutti i paesi bassi .................................................................... 11 the successive editions of the Descrittione.
SCANNING - GEOREFERENCING
AND DIGITISING OF OLD MAPS The other core item in this issue is the report of our
Brussels Map Circle news excursion to Arlon and Luxembourg which took place
in May, on the theme: ‘1839: when Luxembourg was
Brussels Map Circle’s Excursion in Luxembourg ................... 17 last cut to pieces’. The photos give a clear impression
Auctions in February, March, April, May, June,
September, October & November of the success met by this event organised by Pierre
20th Anniversary Programme ......................................................................... 24
IJzerweglaan 48 I 9050 Gent Belgium Parmentier and Marie-Anne Dage.
www.swaen.com | paulus@swaen.com info@aquaterra.be I www.aquaterra.be
T +32 (0)9 230 55 15 I F +32 (0)9 230 21 10 Celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the Brussels
UK tel. +44 79 3701 5242
Military topography a century ago.......................................................... 27 Map Circle have already begun! Our Mapaf (Map
Afternoon) on 24 March opened with a reception
offered by the Circle to its members on the top floor
of the Royal Library of Belgium (KBR). Speeches over
a glass of ‘bubbles’ evoked the various activities of
How I got into Cartography
the past twenty years, with emphasis on the special
Interview with Chet Van Duzer .............................................................. 28 relationship which has been established with the KBR
‘Maps and Plans’ department (see the full report on
BOOKS, PRINTS, MAPS & ATLASSES p.27-29 of MiH 61 of May 2018).
International news
It is also important to note the full programme of
Record sale of a Blaeu atlas in Brussels ........................................... 30 festivities planned to celebrate the 20th anniversary
of our Circle on 1 December 2018, at the prestigious
News from Switzerland ........................................................................................ 31
Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp. This UNESCO
Auction calendar ........................................................................................................... 34 World Heritage Site will be ours for the whole evening.
There will be guided tours, a small exhibition of
Blaeu, Atlas Maior, 1662 : 592 maps, 11 volumes in-folio.
maps and special pieces from their collection, a

retrospective of our activities since 1998 and ...
good catering. For our Members and their partners!
Registration is now open on our website www.bimcc.
org. Do not wait!
Cartographically yours,
Cover : Frontispiece (detail) of the 1582 edition of Lodovico

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4 LOOKS AT BOOKS LOOKS AT BOOKS 5
Aus allen Weltteilen

Ägypten mit Sudan und Libyen
[From around the World – Egypt, the Sudan and Libya]
by Imre Josef Demhardt
Series Geographische Anthologie des 19. Jahrhunderts
Berlin ; Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2017
280 pages with colour and black and white illustrations, hard cover, 24 x 16 cm
ISBN 978-3-662-46273-7, hardcover, 340 pp., 57 ill., including 43 maps (22 in colour). EUR 98.99;
also as an e-book ISBN 978-3-662-46274-4, EUR 79.99
Map of the old city of Alexandria by Mahmud-Beg, Astronomer of the Vice-King of Egypt (in : Zeitschrift der
Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin, 1872 : 7, Plate V).
It has taken some time, it would seem, the periphery of the central subject: Geographischen Gesellschaft, the author Demhardt convincingly underlines
for the nineteenth century to come twenty pages are devoted to the also quotes from lesser known, often the importance of these periodic
into focus with map collectors, most of creation of the Suez Canal; the elusive short-lived, journals many of which travel accounts when he reminds us
whom are usually, and quite naturally, Sinai is visited; as also the Red Sea’s had disappeared from the scene by the that their appearance in widely-read
attracted to the imaginative and shores; and the little-known Eastern beginning of WW I. Having rescued journals kept the general public au
artistic representation of our world in Desert (between the Nile and the these from oblivion is not the least of fait with exploratory advances - and
the earlier maps of the Renaissance Red Sea) reveals its secrets. A first Demhardt’s achievements here. dramatic failures - in different parts
and the seventeenth century. A large appraisal of the Libyan desert, with of the world, prior to monographs
corpus of specialised literature and the legendary oasis of Siwa, is followed Another editorial feature raises this being published by their authors. To
works of reference is available to guide by a 30-page chapter on the Ottoman- anthology from the level of a bouquet assemble and edit such reports from
them towards a fuller understanding Egyptian Sudan, particularly evocative of selected travel reports to a work of the most dispersed and incomplete
of these maps and their historical of the dangers of travel in these historical significance. Demhardt’s archival collections was one of the
significance, although the survey of unknown parts in those days. With the profound knowledge of archival author’s objectives. The other was
many of the more important ones ends last chapter we turn to Tripolitania sources in general, and of Africa in to achieve a selection that strikes a
in 1700. which, together with the Cyrenaica particular, enabled him to link the balance between learnedness and
and Fezzan, later became Libya. narratives with historical details that entertainment – both objectives
Those wishing to probe into the provide cohesion between events and brilliantly achieved.
mapping of the eighteenth or later Those familiar with the history of admirably fill remaining information
centuries therefore patiently await the exploration of the nineteenth century gaps. These commentaries, offset from One last remark: Imre Demhardt tells
publication of forthcoming volumes will be happy to read reports by some the rest by text shading, account for me that the e-book version does not
of the History of Cartography project. of the most distinguished of German about 10 to 15% of the volume of text: match the reproduction quality of the
Volume 4 (Enlightenment) is expected explorers, and cartographers such proof (if proof were needed) of the hard cover edition. Those interested in
in 2019, with Vol. 5 (19th century) to as Heinrich Berghaus, Theodor von author’s erudition. studying the maps should opt for the
follow in 2022. Imre Demhardt is co- Heuglin, Heinrich Kiepert, Gerhard hard cover.
editor of the latter, assisting editor the Arctic, Die Arktis. With his second The book opens with a chapter on Rohlfs, Georg Schweinfurt. Austrian, Choosing 19th-century maps as
Roger Kain together with Carla Lois publication in this series the author Egypt, to which the most extensive French and British travellers have also illustrations is a most arduous task.
in this monumental task. Volume 6 here offers us, prior to the forthcoming collection of reports and maps of all been called in, their contributions Small scales paired with an abundance
(20th century) appeared in 2015, and encyclopaedic work on the 19th three provinces is devoted. Following offered in translation as required. of topographical detail tend to make
interested readers have free on-line century, a fascinating introduction to a historical overview of this country’s About 40% of the entries are any reproduction difficult to read.
access to volumes published: http// narratives by European travellers and relation with European powers anonymous, their texts most likely This has been successfully countered
www.press.uchicago.edu/books.HOC. explorers who visited three provinces (reminding us of Napoleon’s expedition having been compiled by the editing in many cases by enlarging a map’s
of the Ottoman Empire: Egypt, the in 1798) and its relative autonomy teams of the journals selected. Apart details. To aid the reader’s navigation
In the meantime, Springer has Sudan and Libya. These accounts, under Mehmed Ali’s reign as of 1805, from authoritative publications in this part of Africa, a well-designed
launched a new series of publications illustrated with maps, appeared in 17 we visit cosmopolitan Alexandria, such as Petermanns Geographische and most helpful index map identifying
in the form of a ‘Geographical geographical journals published in the Nile Delta, the majestic Nile itself, Mitteilungen, the Zeitschrift der all of the map illustrations is spread
anthology of the 19th century’. It started Germany and in Austria. The earliest and Cairo with the nearby pyramids. Gesellschaft für Erdkunde zu Berlin, the over the inside cover and the first fly
in 2016 with Imre Demhardt’s book on entry is from 1774, the latest of 1915 In the next four chapters we move to Zeitschrift für allgemeine Erdkunde, or leaf. Wulf Bodenstein
the Mitteilungen der Österreichischen wulfbo@outlook.com

The Island of Malta and the Une Carrière de géographe au siècle

Order of St John des Lumières
Original by Grigory Krayevsky (1747-1802, St Petersburg), published in [A geographer’s career in the Enlightenment century]
St Petersburg in 1800 by the Imperial Academy of Sciences
This version: Introduction and editing by Joseph Schirò
Jean-Baptiste d’Anville
Translation from Russian: Elena Yasnetskaya Sultana
Published by Midsea Books in collaboration with MMS, 2018 Edited by Lucile Haguet, Catherine Hofmann
124 pages, colour and sepia illustrations, hard cover, 24 x 15.5 cm
ISBN 978-99932-7-640-1, hardback USD 52.80 Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, 2018
544 pp. (including a 6 pages English summary), 73 bw ill. and 16 colour plates, soft cover
ISBN: 978-0-7294-1209-4 and 978-2-7177-2653-4, EUR 89.00 or GBP 87.00
Krayevsky wrote the book on his trip in Nuremberg who died in St
to Malta in 1785 where he was working Petersburg. It is printed on thick Jean-Baptiste d’Anville (1697-1782)
as a translator ‘on the non-hazardous green paper and hand-coloured. is considered as an ‘emblematic’
expedition’ of Count Paul Martinovitch Other variants are printed on character in the development of
Skavronsky (1757-1793), who was then thin white paper, and another on French cartography. His production
the Russian Ambassador to Naples. whitish-grey paper. The map is and his own map collection (over
The first part describes in detail the based on a French map published 9000 items) constitute the core of
history of the island of Malta, its main in 1752, which is oriented with the the Bibliothèque nationale de France
attractions, and the life and traditions southwest at the top, whereas the (BnF)’s cartographic treasures.
of the locals. The second part deals Russian map is oriented north. Although a number of biographies and
with the history of the Order of Malta For map-lovers there are other hagiographies were written in the 18th
since 1530. interesting maps and plans here, and 19th centuries, it is only in 2010
chosen carefully by Mr Schirò, that a comprehensive research project
In 1799 the Russian Emperor Paul I inter alia: a copper-engraved map on d’Anville was launched, under the
became the Grand Master of the Order of Malta by Giovanni Francesco aegis of the BnF, to have a fresh look at
of the Knights of St John. Krayevsky Camocio (1556); the oldest known all historical evidence and to overcome
seized the opportunity to publish his separate map of Gozo, undated stereotypes. While recently digitised
travelogue and history of Malta and the manuscript now in the Biblioteca maps from d’Anville’s collection and
Order, so presented the Emperor with Apostolica Vaticana, Rome; and an related archive documents were put
the book’s manuscript. The Emperor undated ‘unique map of Valletta’, on-line on BnF’s Gallica, Lucile Haguet
found the contents very interesting manuscript, showing the harbour maintained a blog where the first
and sponsored its publication and fortifications, by Evangelista Azzi, research results were made available.
distribution. from Mr Schirò’s collection. This allowed researchers from three
continents to contribute to the project. a modest Parisian tailor named Júnia Ferreira Furtado then shows
The first two-thirds of the book is a The last third of the book gives ‘Brief In September 2012, the BnF organised ‘Bourguignon’ managed to become, how d’Anville further enlarged his
‘Description of the Island of Malta’. It Information about the Order of St an international colloquium with all at 22, a geography tutor for the young networks and diversified orders,
is a kind of 18th-century ‘Lonely Planet’ John of Jerusalem’: history, rules, interested parties to take stock of king of France Louis XV and, later, to in particular, as he worked for the
or ‘Rough Guide’ which, according to regulations, and so on. The only map/ the research results. This book is the pursue an internationally successful Portuguese crown from 1724 until the
Joseph Schirò’s introduction, owes a plan in this part is of Acre from Jean outcome. career as a cartographer. 1740s, when he produced cartographic
lot to descriptions published in the Baudoin’s ‘Histoire des Chevaliers de evidence to support the Portuguese
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries L’Ordre de S. Iean de Hierusalem’, no The book is edited by the project In the first chapter, Pascale Mormiche claims against Spain in South America.
in Lyon and Frankfurt. This part ends date given. leaders Lucile Haguet (then researcher analyses the beginning of d’Anville’s
with a very rare map of the Maltese at the BnF) and Catherine Hofmann brilliant scholarly life – not enough to Mary Sponberg Pedley illustrates
islands. Entitled (in translation) ‘A In short, this would be the ideal book (Head of the BnF Maps and Plans explain his success -- and uncovers d’Anville’s business sense by
Map of the Islands of Malta, Gozo and for a map-lover exploring Malta! What Department), but many researchers the network of acquaintances, which analysing a proposal for producing a
Comino in the year 1800’, it is the only a shame it was not available, the map contributed chapters on specific d’Anville developed systematically and set comprised of sixteen two-sheet
known contemporary Russian printed especially, for the exhibition on Malta subjects. which helped him progress in society. maps; this is a real ‘business plan’
map of the islands. Three variants at Bozar, Brussels last year. Guillaume Delisle, appointed ‘first detailing the anticipated costs of
are known, the one reproduced here The first part of the book aims at royal geographer’ in 1718, and the duke production (engraving, printing and
was engraved by Johann Christoph explaining the extraordinary career of Orléans, Louis XV’s guardian, were colouring, although excluding the
van Maÿr, a copper engraver born path of d’Anville: how the son of key characters in d’Anville’s network. geographer’s time in composition) and
Nicola Boothby
nicola.boothby@telenet.be

The British scholar could not help

research: he assembled the accounts, but show interest in the works of one
logbooks and maps of others, then of the only scholars who shared the
sorted, compared and, finally, problem of how to spatialise history.
combined them to produce a unique D’Anville’s maps were sold in England
and original piece of work. However, before the publication of ‘Decline and
the type and origin of the available fall’. However, it is thanks to Gibbon
sources, the path they took to reach that the mapmaker enjoyed such fame
him, as well as the rivalries between across the Channel, since Gibbon
colonial powers – all these lent a quoted d’Anville as an authority and a
distinctive colour to the cartography major source of inspiration throughout
of this vast land, at that time still his main work. Gibbon made d’Anville
relatively unknown. the ultimate mapmaker. Without the
Francophile Gibbon, d’Anville, the
In the third part of the book the ‘prince of geographers’ according to
reception of d’Anville’s work in France the historian, would not have had such
Louis XV , the young king of France, getting
and abroad is examined. We learn that an aura in England.
geography lessons from d'Anville As d'Anville never left the Paris region, he
the brilliant scientist was also aware
relied heavily on external sources to draw his
of the need to develop and promote his Iris Kantor shows how the map maps. Here we see a Chinese source from his
the anticipated profit from the sale of geodetic calculations (e.g. on his 1743 reputation, in France and abroad, in ‘Amérique méridionale’ (1748) by own cabinet library collection.
such a collection over about eight to map of Italy). The syncretic processing order to expand his ‘market’. His maps Jean-Baptiste d’Anville was used at
ten years. It shows the difficulty for of ancient, medieval and modern were translated into English, German two different and defining historical years after his death, d’Anville was Nevertheless, in the nineteenth
a cartographer, albeit famous, to live geographical sources, as elaborated by and Spanish. moments. The first occurred after chosen from a thousand applicants century the Royal Library granted
from his sole production, without the d’Anville, was described at the time as the signing of the Treaty of Madrid to be pictured on a collection of d’Anville pride of place and celebrated
help of sponsors. ‘critical and comparative geography’, Nicolas Verdier approaches d’Anville’s between Portugal and Spain in 1750, coins dedicated to the ‘great men’ him as a ‘great man’. Eventually, in
and it allowed successive historical personality through the contemporary when the Portuguese diplomats of France. D’Anville then became a 1924, the maps from the Foreign Affairs
The second part of the book areas to elucidate and clarify each press, in particular the journal Le rejected d’Anville’s guidelines on the quasi-mythical figure of the positive were transferred to the then National
investigates how d’Anville could draw other. Mercure, whose pages allow us to use of indigenous place names. The scientist. Library, which became the depository
the world without leaving his cabinet! follow the geographer’s career in Portuguese crown established a policy of d’Anville’s legacy.
He never left the Paris region, and The sources used by d’Anville in two the light of those who read him or of renaming towns and indigenous Catherine Hofmann analyses
relied on all possible information specific cases are then examined in who observed his work. In its pages villages, using only Portuguese forms d’Anville relationship with the Royal In the 20th century d’Anville’s fame
sources to make his maps; he detail. one sees d’Anville’s arrival on the to prove and support possession by Library and the Ministry of Foreign faded as cartographic methods
cross- checked his sources carefully public stage, through the gradual the Portuguese State; yet, at the same Affairs and his legacy. From as evolved radically; today he remains
and, when he found no satisfying Jean-Charles Ducène studies how establishment of his name and the time, this policy retained indigenous early as 1750 to 1760, Jean-Baptiste a fascinating subject for historical
information, he left a blank space d’Anville took advantage of the acquisition of a succession of titles, toponyms to identify the physical d’Anville expressed the wish to see research.
on the map: a proof of his scientific oriental sources that became available each emphasised (or de-emphasised) features and landscape. The second his collection form the core of an
integrity. as a result of a nascent orientalism according to the times. He asserts instance occurred between 1889 and extensive collection of maps within Obviously this book will now be the
in France in his desire to better himself as an arbiter of the knowledge 1906, long after Brazil had become an the ‘Bibliothèque royale’; he set out the reference on d’Anville. But it is a
Lucile Haguet first explains that his understand regions rarely or never and practices of the learned world. independent country (and more than policy and the means of conservation, book by specialists for specialists. It
map library was his main working traversed by Europeans. In short, the Only after his secure appointment a century after d’Anville’s death). At augmentation and cataloguing of would be nice, if a shorter and simpler
tool: d’Anville was not content to scholar had descriptive geography, as secretary to the duc d’Orléans did that time, d’Anville’s map ‘Amérique the collection. However this project version could be derived from it for
merely visit the well-stocked Parisian mathematics and travel itineraries d’Anville abandon the role of author for méridionale’ was used again, as an failed to retain the attention of the a wider audience, and, considering
libraries, but he created his own, at his disposal. The information he Le Mercure, thereafter only making authoritative document, by Brazilian library and, in 1780, after eight years d’Anville’s reputation worldwide, if it
one of the most important private gathered, which he critiqued and guest appearances in its pages as a diplomats to locate their borders with of negotiation, d’Anville ceded his could be translated into English.
map collections of his day, by taking compared with other sources, can be reference. Thus a study of d’Anville in British Guiana in the international ‘cabinet géographique’ to the crown
advantage of the intricate structure found not only on his maps of Africa Le Mercure reveals both the process courts. to be used as a reference collection for
of his social network, by means of and the Middle East but also and of fabricating celebrity and the route the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The
exchanges, donations and duplications. more especially in his memoirs on the to obtaining position and status in the The book’s fourth part discusses the changes in the collection provoked by
historical and geographical questions second third of the eighteenth century. status of d’Anville as a ‘famous man’ this transfer – completing it, making it
Georges Tolias then explores the relating to these African and Asian for over a century after his death. more accessible and easily exploitable
empirical working methods elaborated territories. Robert Mankin brings to light the by diplomats – are studied in this
by d’Anville to reduce all sorts of reception of d’Anville’s work in Lucile Haguet studies d’Anville’s large contribution, together with the strong
spatial data to numerical measures Regarding North America, Jean- England through the figure of one of and long-lived reputation in France, intellectual and symbolic aspects of
and then to check them against ancient François Palomino shows that his greatest admirers, Edward Gibbon, from its highest point to its decline, the collection, as witnessed by the
itinerary measures, modern local d’Anville’s cartographic depiction is the author of ‘The History of the both during his lifetime and after forty-year gestation of the ‘Catalogue
Jean-Louis Renteux
measurements, and recently observed based on painstaking geographical decline and fall of the Roman empire’. his death: in the 1820s, around forty raisonné’.
jl.renteux@gmail.com

10 MAP CIRCLE NEWS HISTORY AND CARTOGRAPHY 11
The maps in the early

MAP CIRCLE NEWS Of course, Jean-Louis had a life before
the Map Circle! He is a graduate of the
Congratulations Jean-Louis French Ecole Nationale Supérieure
editions of Guicciardini’s
on your 75th! de l’Aéronautique, the University
of California and the Université
By the end of August 2018, the editor Libre de Bruxelles. He is a certified
of this magazine was getting very aeronautical engineer, a Master of
nervous given the approaching
deadline for getting Maps in History
n° 62 to the printer on time. Indeed,
Science and a qualified economist.
When he helped found the BIMCC, he
had been working for Eurocontrol,
Descrittione di tutti i paesi bassi.*
he himself was leaving for a trip to the European Organisation for the
Brazil in September and somehow Jean-Louis and his wife Jacqueline Safety of Air Navigation, since 1969.
his deputy-editor Paul De Candt, both very active in the Map Circle's Just before Jean-Louis retired in 2003,
apparently supported by the Circle’s activities... he had been the organisation’s first by Wouter Bracke
President, refused to make haste to ever Capacity Enhancement Manager
finalise the layout. He became Editor of what was then with the objective of increasing the
Wouter Bracke
humbly called the ‘Newsletter’ capacity of the European air traffic
wouter.bracke@kbr.be
What our good man didn’t know, was as of number 19, in May 2004. He network by integrating the different
that we were planning to publish our contributed several articles himself systems in use in Europe. No doubt Lodovico Guicciardini’s Descrittione
appreciative birthday wishes to him, and continues to do so. Many of them this experience has helped him help us di tutti i paesi bassi, altrimenti detti for their substitution? And if so, is it
of course without him knowing. Sorry are on the history of cartography to be more efficient! Germania inferiore [Description of purely technical, the substitution of a
Jean-Louis, for the additional stress of the Hainaut region, his beloved all the low countries, in other words majority of woodcuts by engravings,
we put you through! homeland in France, often specifically Working in such ‘moving’ circles lower Germany] is one of the earliest or is there more? Is it a matter of taste,
studying the history of its borders must have given Jean-Louis the great and definitely most successful or is there a connection with the text,
What our good man didn’t know, is with Belgium. He has given numerous appetite for travelling that has become descriptions of the Low Countries. more precisely is there a relationship
that the plan was to publish these lectures on this subject, notably at apparent in recent years. Indeed, During his lifetime the author (1521- between the textual changes in the
grateful anniversary wishes to him, of the French National Archives in 2016. Jean-Louis and Jacqueline, the world 1589) published several editions of his different editions and the choice of
course without him knowing so. Sorry Wishing to share his knowledge of is round. Keep calm and circle (pun periegesis1 first with Willem Silvius in illustrations? What is the author’s role
Jean-Louis, for the additional stress this region with the other members, intended!) on!!!! 1567-1568 and then with Christopher in the substitution of images?
we put you through! he even arranged a visit to his native Working is such ‘moving’ circles Plantin in 1581-1582 and 1588. Already
Valenciennes and the region around it must have given Jean-Louis the great in 1580 Sebastian Henricpetri in Basel Plantin, of course, in the 1580s,
in 2013. appetite for travelling which he has published a German version based on disposed of a very important source,
Jean-Louis Renteux turned 75 on been showing these last years. Indeed, Silvius’ edition. Almost 20 years after namely Braun and Hogenberg’s
19 August. He joined the Circle’s Jean-Louis himself sketched most Jean-Louis and Jacqueline, the world the author’s demise an enlarged and Civitates orbis terrarum, published
Executive Committee from the very of ‘The BIMCC Newsletter story’ for is round: keep calm and circle (pun heavily modified edition was published from 1572 onwards, which almost
beginning, participating in the first the 50th issue of the magazine, in intended!) on !!!! by Cornelis Claesz. in Amsterdam and certainly must have influenced his
(informal) meeting on 31 March 1998, September 2014, pointing out the by Abraham Mair in Calais, in a very choice of illustrations. But, in the
and signing up as a founding member role of his wife Jacqueline, who since different political and cultural context. Frontispiece (coloured) of the Descrittione 1560s, Silvius could rely neither on
of the Circle. He became Member n° the start has been one of the proof- All of us at the Circle wish you In this article we will concentrate published by G. Silvius - Antwerp - 1567 them nor on Ortelius’ or Mercator’s
005. (One wonders who 007 might have readers. In addition, they have hosted a very Happy 75th Birthday! on the Flemish editions published (AbeBooks collection) world atlases. Highlights in
been.) many of our Map Circle Conference during the author’s lifetime and try cartography in these days were Jacob
speakers. to elucidate, through the study of the plans, from 17 in Silvius’ editions to van Deventer, for his regional maps as
relationship between the illustrations 78 in the Plantin edition of 1588. Their well as for his city maps; Christiaan
in the Descrittione and its text, the detailed inventory can be found in Sgrooten, although his regional maps
Making Maps in History Obituary author’s role in the ever changing

selection of cartographic material to
the Guicciardini illustratus published
in 2001 which also indicates, where
are dated slightly later; and Anton van
den Wyngaerde and his panoramic
enrich his work. possible, the illustrations’ iconographic city views. All were working for
This issue of Maps in History was coordinated and We were informed that our long-standing member sources. I will not repeat here the the Spanish court, their products
edited by Jean-Louis Renteux. Paul De Candt did Herman Deijnckens, born 7 December 1936, passed One of the remarkable features of the well-known history of the eventual remained mostly in manuscript with a
the lay-out on the basis of a design by David Raes. away on August 10. Herman was an active contributor Descrittione is indeed the growing acquisition of Silvius’ woodblocks and minimal dissemination. Of some of van
to our magazine: together with our former president number of its illustrations, especially copper plates by Plantin, of which den Wyngaerde’s views we know they
Eric Leenders he wrote many articles for it. of regional maps and city views and the latter used only two for his own were in the officina2 of Plantin who,
Contents have been checked by the Editorial
* This article is a reduced version of a
editions. What is relevant to our quest at the start of his Antwerp business,
Committee comprising Wulf Bodenstein, Wouter The Map Circle presents its sincere condolences conference given at the Royal Dutch here is the substitution of the images printed for Silvius.
Bracke, Lisette Danckaert, Francis Herbert and to the family. Institute in Rome in 2015. composing the Descrittione’s first
Pierre Parmentier.
1 Editor’s note: a travelogue in Ancient cartographic nucleus. Is there a reason
Greece. 2 Editor’s note: printing workshop

12 HISTORY AND CARTOGRAPHY HISTORY AND CARTOGRAPHY 13
Fig. 1. Antwerp in GUICCIARDINI 1567 (Rome, Academia Belgica) Fig. 2. Antwerp in GUICCIARDINI 1588 (KBR, RP, VH 25751 C)
Lodovico Guicciardini mentions the towards his friends on the occasion now all maps are grouped together at large, in Italian, to which maps of all Illustrations and their collocation in to clearly understand our purpose
maps in his Descrittione for the first of the preparation of the first edition, the end of the volume except for the these regions and cities represented the volume were clearly important and design’ (1567, p. 4) 6 . Introducing
time in his letter to the reader in the to send him maps and plans to be general map of the Low Countries and in plan to nature will be added in the to the author: they should make the the chapter on the Duchy of Brabant,
first Plantin edition (1581). The letter engraved ‘pour le plaisir et commodité the plan of Antwerp. He continues appropriate places, all engraved in text more comprehensible. Already Guicciardini states the following:
is still dated 1566, year in which it was de ceux qui les desireroyent avoir à part stating he also updated the authorities’ copper. This work is very sumptuous in the first edition by Silvius we read “Hor’ parleremo di Brabant ponendo
written in preparation of the first ou bien conioinctes avec ledict liure’ names but did not think opportune for the time. with regard to the general description prima la sua carta di geographia, con
Silvius edition. The author explains [for the pleasure and commodity of to go into details as far as the of the Low Countries5 : ‘... we will go le sue terre et luoghi principali.”[We
he decided not to publish the maps those who would like to have them events, destructions and temporary Plantin’s first Italian edition of 1581 on to explain the site, and its limits, will speak of Brabant by first placing
orientated north because he wanted to separately or together in the said constructions of the most recent years and the French one of 1582 are his referring in that part to the drawing its geographical map, with its lands
show as much land as possible. If the book]; there follows a list of regions are concerned. It is clear then that, first illustrated publications with made geographically with its degrees and main places] (p. 46), to which the
reader should want to find the right and cities in the book to which the at least from Plantin onwards, the home-made etchings. In choosing given in the beginning of the work: by 1581 Italian edition adds: “cosi’ faremo
(north) orientation, he ought to re- maps and plans refer (ff. [8r-9v]). In cartographic lore was considered an this less time-consuming and thus means of this portrait, not only the a tutte queste altre provincie; il’ che
orientate his book. The French version his letter to the reader of the third important part of the Descrittione. And less expensive technique, rather shape of these countries, but the shape
6 GUICCIARDINI 1568, p. 5: ‘Or laissant
of 1582 indicates that buyers can, at (1588) edition, dated 20 November 1587, indeed, when in October-November than drypoint engraving, he follows of the whole Belgica, with its borders à part de parler de sa forme, à laquelle
their own cost, insert the maps in the Guicciardini informs the reader3 that 1580, Plantin announces to Arias contemporary practice. Another way of and neighbours, can be summarily pour son extravagance ne peut estre par
right place: ‘des cartes geographicques Montanus its Italian edition he writes diminishing the production costs was seen; thus, thanks to this image and to parolle donnée aucune idoine similitude,
3 ‘Or’ bisogna notare come in questa 4 nous viendrons à declarer sa situation,
qui sont faictes pour les mettre (qui : I have under the press Guicardini‘s to group all the illustrations together the following words, it will be possible
terza impressione, le carte di geografia termes et confins, nous reférans en c’est
voudra) chacune en son lieu dedans ce del paese, et i ritratti delle terre, per non Description of these countries twice as at the end of the book, as is specified endroit au dessein géographique, avec
liure’ (f. [7v]). So the maps are printed intigrar’ tanto l’opera, et non romper’
potra lasciare, senza pregiuditio alcuna
in the letter to the reader published in 5 ‘[…] passeremo avanti a dichiarare ses degrez qu’avons posé à l’entrée de
separately from the text. Which is tanto spesso i propositi, come si faceva the 1588 edition. il sito, et li suoi termini, riferendone ce présent liure. Moyennant lequel,
della sua lettione [...]’ (f. [5r]).
per la precedente, si mettono tutte in quella parte al disegno fatto se void, non seulement la forme de
confirmed by the publisher’s letter in
insieme alla fine del libro, eccetto la 4 ‘Guicardini Descriptionem harum geograficamente co suoi gradi all’entrar’ ces Païs Bas, mais aussi de toute la
the same edition, dated 15 December carta generale, che si mette nel principio, regionum duplo auctiorem Italice habeo So the publisher Plantin had an dell’opera: mediante il qual ritratto, non Gaule Belgique, avec ses frontières
1581 and addressing magistrates and perché da lume al tutto, similmente il sub praelo cui cartae harum omnium important word to say in the solo la forma di questi paesi, ma la forma et païs circonvoisins, ainsi par le dit
inhabitants of all provinces and cities ritratto d’Anversa, per privilegio speciale, regionum et urbes in plano ad vivum book’s production. But what about ancora di tutta la Belgica con le sue pourtraict et les déclaration suyuante,
si pone al’ luogo suo proprio. La qual’ expressae suis locis adjungentur omnes frontiere et vicinanze ristrettamente si nostre propos et dessein clairement se
of the Low Countries. Herein Plantin Guicciardini himself?
risolutione sara più commoda al lettore, in aere excisae. Opus hoc tempore vede; talche fra quella figura et le parole pourra comprendre’. In the 1588 edition
repeats his request, already expressed che le voglia havere, et più commoda per sumptuosissimum’ (DENUCÉ 1968, VI, p. seguenti, il nostro proposito et disegno reference is made to the famous von
chi non volesse tanto spendere; che le 192).” chiaramente si potrà comprendere’ Aitzing map, p. 5.

14 HISTORY AND CARTOGRAPHY HISTORY AND CARTOGRAPHY 15
Fig. 3. Flanders in GUICCIARDINI 1567 (Rome, Academia Belgica) Fig. 4. Flanders in GUICCIARDINI 1582 (KBR, RP, VH 25765 C)
oltre alla commodità, darà grande shape] (p. 71); in the 1588 edition, where negative, I think, even if sometimes, Guicciardini cites as his source Jacques di Berga (Rode poort) and Cisterna Bibliography (Works mentioned in
aiuto all’intelligenza del subietto” [so the plan should be at the volume’s like in the map of Flanders, one le Marchant (Iacobus Marchantius, (Slijkpoort) have erroneously switched abbreviation)
we will do for all these other provinces; end (although in practice this is not is inclined to see a very close link + 1609), Flemish lawyer, poet and places, while the text presents their DENUCE 1968 = Correspondance de
which, in addition to the commodity, always the case) the last part of the between text and image. The map of author of the De rebus gestis a Flandriae correct location. The Plantin editions Christophe Plantin, publiée par J.
will give great help to the intelligence sentence has been eliminated (p. 67). Flanders in the 1567 edition shows in comitibus Elegiarum liber unus and of present Joris Hoefnagel’s plan with Denucé, VI, Antwerpen, 1916 (reprint,
of the subject] (p. 65). In the 1582 French For Antwerp, the author remains its angles the typical bears which are the De rebus Flandriae memorabilibus the new castle and ample space is Nendeln, 1968).
edition the author is more cautious faithful to the city’s plan all through also represented on the maps by Pieter liber singularis (Antwerp, Plantin, dedicated in the text to this new
inserting ‘ainsi qu’esperons de faire’, the editions discussed here, although Van der Beke and Mercator, founders 1567). The French edition of 1582 construction. Both gates are now Guicciardini illustratus = H. DEYS, M.
thus alluding to possible difficulties in he seems to express a preference for of Flanders’ cartographic image in the replaces the latter’s name by that of correctly indicated on the map, but FRANSSEN, V. VAN HEZIK [et al...]
finding the right iconographic material city views on an aesthetic basis. What sixteenth century, and we find them the humanist Jacob De Meyer (Iacobus the two newly constructed gates, Guicciardini illustratus: de kaarten
(p. 78). counts here clearly for him is a plan’s back in the text itself: ‘Ha Fiandra Meyerus, 1491-1552), Erasmus’ friend adequately described in the text, are en prenten in Lodovico Guicciardini's
information quality: Antwerp in the le quattro principali bandiere delli and author of the Rerum flandricarum not represented on the map (1581, p. beschrijving van de Nederlanden, 't Goy-
In his attitude towards city views and 1567 edition is a corrected version of Orsi, che sono le insegne delle quattro tomi X (Antwerp, Vorstermann, 1531). 96-97 and 1588, p. 89-91). So, if the text Houten 2001.
plans, Guicciardini also remains very Pauwels Van Overbeke’s updated copy principali signorie, et famiglie della Ortelius’ Theatrum proceeds in the has been updated by the author, the
much attentive to adapting the text to of Cock’s plan of the 1550s (1567, p. 60 contea, cio è Pamele, Cisoin, Heine, same way: until 1573 Guicciardini and cartographic illustration, although GUICCIARDINI 1567 = Descrittione di M.
the inserted image. For instance, he and MARTENS 2017). et Bouelaere’ [Flanders has the four Marchantius are mentioned together updated as well, does not reflect the Lodovico Guicciardini patritio fioren-
introduces his description of Louvain main flags of the Bears, which are the in the description of Flanders on the most recent city innovations. tino, di tutti i Paesi Bassi, altrimenti
in Brabant with the words “hor’ So, in the first editions of the insignia of the four main lords, and verso of Mercator’s map, to which then detti Germania inferiore. Con più carte
entriamo in Lovano, veduta prima la Descrittione, publisher and author families of the county, that is Pamele, is added Meyerus’ name. Furthermore, To conclude, maps were important di Geographia del paese, et col ritratto
sua forma in prospettiva” [we enter worked closely together in the Cisoin, Heine, and Bouelaere] (p. 218). other information in the text, such to the author and to the publishers of naturale di più terre principali [...] In
in Louvain, after having first seen its selection of updated cartographic In the Plantin editions the different as Flanders’ territorial divisions, are the Descrittione, and for every single Anversa 1567, Apresso Guglielmo Silvio.
shape in perspective] (1567, p. 50), and images for the work’s successive maps of the Low Countries mention not indicated on the county’s maps, edition the most updated version of a
a view of the city follows. When, in the editions. The iconographic selection the bears no longer, although the which again indicates that the latter topographical or chorographical map GUICCIARDINI 1568 = Description
1581 edition, the view has been replaced necessitated minor adaptations of the text has remained unchanged (1581, did not constitute a source for the available on the market was looked for, de tout le Païs-Bas autrement dict
by a plan, the introductory phrase text as well, but had it also an impact p. 393 and 1588, p. 315). The author’s author. The same can be said of the but the images were illustrative and la Germanie inférieure, ou Basse-
has been changed to “hor’entriamo in on the author’s detailed topographic source for mentioning the bears is city views and plans. In Antwerp’s city not sources as such. Allemaigne. Par Messire Lodovico
Lovano, veduta prima la sua forma al and chorographic descriptions? The not cartographic as one could expect. plan of the 1567 edition the gates Rossa/ Guicciardini Patritio Florentino. Avec
naturale” [ having first seen its natural answer to this question must be For in the Italian edition of 1581,

16 HISTORY AND CARTOGRAPHY BRUSSELS MAP CIRCLE NEWS 17
diverses cartes géographiques dudit Plantino, Stampatore Regio, 1581. M. Lodovico Guicciardini, gentilhuo-
païs. Aussi le pourtraict d’aucunes villes mo fiorentino, di tutti i Paesi Bassi,
principales selon leur vray naturel, pour GUICCIARDINI 1582 = Description de altrimenti detti Germania inferiore
entendre plus facilement ladicte de- touts les Pais-Bas, autrement appellés la [...] riveduta di nuovo, et ampliata per
Brussels Map Circle’s Excursion

scription [...] En Anvers, Par Guillaume Germanie inférieure, ou Basse Allemagne tutto la terza volta dal medesimo autore
Silvius, imprimeur du Roy, 1568. ; par messire Louis Guicciardin gentil- [...] In Anversa, Apresso Christofano
homme florentin : Maintenant reveue, et Plantino, Stampatore Regio, 1588.
GUICCIARDINI 1581 = Descrittione
di M. Lodovico Guicciardini Patritio
augmentée plus que de la moictié par le
mesme Autheur [...] A Anvers, De l’Im- MARTENS 2017 = P. MARTENS,
in Luxembourg
Florentino ; di tutti i Paesi Bassi, primerie de Christophle Plantin, 1582. Hieronymus Cock’s View of Antwerp: Its
altrimenti detti Germania inferiore Genesis and Offspring, from Antwerp to
26 and 27 May 2018
[...] In Anversa, Apresso Christofano GUICCIARDINI 1588 = Descrittione di Italy, “Simiolus”, 39, 2017, 171-196 .
1839: when Luxembourg was last cut to pieces
Curriculum vitae of In 1567 the Spanish King Philip II

Lodovico Guicciardini ordered the Duke of Alva to stop and The Treaty of London of 9 April 1839
(1521-1589) defeat the Protestant rebellion. At dealt with a split of Luxembourg.
that time Silvius was even in prison on Why and How? These were the main
Lodovico Guicciardini was an Italian the suspicion of participation in the questions for which a group of our
merchant, born in Florence on 19 religious Iconoclastic Fury and many members went to Arlon, in the ‘Belgian
August 1521. He came from a noble of his printers fled the city. Luxembourg’, and to Luxembourg,
family of large landowners who held From 1567 till 1585 Lodovico must have capital of the Grand Duchy, the last
high positions in the city-state of lived through the many religious weekend of May.
Florence from the 14th till the 16th conflicts that battered the Low
century. Countries and Antwerp in particular. Lodovico Guicciardini by Francesco The first meeting point was at the
His uncle Francesco (1483-1540) was In 1569 he was arrested on Alva’s Allegrini, from Giuseppe Zocchi, 1763 Archives de l’État of Arlon, settled
the author of La historia di Italia, orders because he criticised the Tenth (Rijksmuseum RP-P-1909-4638 since 1980 in the Parc des Expositions,
an important work on the history Penny (a tax form introduced by Alva). Although Lodovico must have enjoyed next to the source of the river Semois.
of Italy from 1492 till 1534 (death of He spent sixteen months in prison in periods of relative financial comfort We were welcomed, with a cup of coffee
Pope Clement VII). In 1519 Francesco Vilvoorde and was only released on (he even bought a house in Antwerp (and chocolates!), by the archivist
and his brother Girolamo went to the occasion of the (fourth) marriage in the Markgravenstraat), his life and head of the department, Michel
Antwerp to establish a branch of the of Philip II with Anne of Habsburg in ended in poverty. Trigalet, accompanied by second
family trading business. At that time 1570. Lodovico died in Antwerp on 22 March archivist Vincent Pirlot, and with two Michel Trigalet (at extreme right) with some members of our Circle
admiring the maps from the Arlon State Archives
Antwerp was the most important In 1576 the Spanish Fury (the Sack of 1589, the same year Christopher of the 22 ‘volunteers’, who provide help
commercial metropolis of the North. Antwerp - a mutiny because of poor Plantin died. He was buried in the to the Archives on a voluntary basis (in
As business was booming, they payment among the soldiers of the Antwerp cathedral of Our Lady and particular, they had helped to set up established on the base of the ‘masse public works. Concerning the ‘split of
requested more family members to Spanish Army stationed in Antwerp) in 1719 the city council even ordered the display of maps for our visit). de culture’ and signed by an arpenteur Luxembourg’, as the whole story is in
join them. completely disrupted life in Antwerp the renewal of his tombstone. [surveyor], a new job allocated by the May issue of Maps in History (No
After a first experience in the killing more than 7.000 people... It would take more than 20 years Michel Trigalet, who had graciously public contract. The colours indicate 61), Michel Trigalet just emphasized
Guicciardini company and the In 1585 the rebellious city of Antwerp till 1609 to see a new publication of prepared a text beforehand for the nature of the properties. Since some important facts linked to the
bankrupty of his brother Giovan was reconquered by the Spanish after the Descrittione by Corneliz Claesz the participants of the excursion, 1801 the use of the decimal metric setting up of the maps, among which –
Battista in 1543, Lodovico decided to a 14 month long siege by Alexander in Amsterdam. It was based on the explained that they store archives on system was compulsory. In 1808 the of course – the Plans relatifs au Traité
dedicate himself to writing... Farnese. Many people were forced French edition from Plantin of 1582. 18 km of shelves and are expanding new system of ‘cadastre parcellaire’ de Maastricht of 1843, establishing the
to leave the city. Especially non- In total between 1567 and 1665 more to receive the archives now located through land measuring was
In 1565 he had a first work published Catholics, merchants, wealthy people than 28 editions of the Descrittione in Saint-Hubert. Besides the the rule; and in 1810 specific
on the history of Europe. and intelligentsia fled Antwerp and were produced by more than 15 administrative or private documents colours were used to separate
More important, in 1567 Lodovico went north to the Netherlands. different publishers/printers in to be kept they have a collection of public from private buildings.
published his first edition of the These circumstances strongly several languages (Italian, French, maps, and the oldest one is from 1551. The maps were afterwards
Descrittione di tutti i paesi bassi, influenced new publications of the German , English , Latin and Dutch). They store now around 24 000 town regularly updated ‘à la plume’
altrimenti detti Germania inferiore Descrittione. Still, between 1581 and There even exists an unpublished maps and over 250 000 architectural [with a pen]. For the province
with the publisher G. Silvius. 1588, Guicciardini was able to publish Spanish manuscript of 1636 (Madrid - plans of buildings. of Luxembourg, established
However this work contained many the Descrittione in three different Bib. Nacional). after the birth of the Belgian
printing errors. The poor quality was versions with Christopher Plantin in The first cadastre was prepared during state in 1830, due to the political
undoubtedly related to the religious Antwerp (1581–Italian, 1582-French the French administration, under situation, the cadastre was
troubles in the Low Countries. and 1588-Italian). After 1588 no more Napoléon, to collect properly the only ready on 1 January 1845! In
publications took place. land tax. We were shown the ‘plan de this section, we also saw some
Paul De Candt Tintigny de l’An 13’ (1804 [vide infra]) particularly striking maps of
pdc@aquaterra.be Plan cadastral de Bastogne (Cadastre
préfectoral de l’An IX – this is 1801)

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Oil-painted map " La Terre et Prévôté de Neufchâteau.." of 1609, from the Prince of Arenberg archives. ( Archives de l'État d'Arlon)

current border between Belgium We could later enjoy a wonderful

and the Grand Duchy, of which we city tour in the old historical part of
were shown some parts. Luxembourg, on the UNESCO ‘World
Heritage’ list since 1994, and along
Our readers will remember the the Corniche, under the guidance
cover of Maps in History No 60, of an eminent specialist: Jean-
featuring the manuscript map Claude Muller, Premier Conseiller
Carte de Saint Hubert en Ardenne de Gouvernement. He explained the
of 1551 by Surhon. Well, we finally evolution of the town and the role of
got to see the real map, together the famous fortress, considered as the
with some other interesting ‘Gibraltar of the North’ which had to
manuscript ones, as well as fine be dismantled after the second Treaty
printed ones from the 16th and of London signed in 1867.
17 th centuries (De Jode, Surhon &
Ortelius, Surhon & van den Keere, As the weather was exquisite we could
Sanson,etc.). end the day with a cheerful dinner-
party in open air.
Finally, we were shown a
particularly striking huge oil-
painted map on wood of 1609, from
the archives of Prince of Arenberg,
lord of Neufchâteau. The Archives Nationales at Luxembourg City - Philippe Nilles et Sanja Simic welcome
our president
The next step of our journey was
the visit to the Archives nationales (implementing the 1839 Treaty of Another curiosity shown: the road
The map N° 63 of Martelange of 1843
de Luxembourg in Luxembourg London) by the Commission consisting going through Martelange, where
City. Philippe Nilles accompanied of five high-ranking military from the Treaty of London stated that the
by Sanja Simic explained that there Belgium and The Netherlands each, village should go to the Grand Duchy At the end of our visit two
was no ‘archival tradition’ until now who had to establish the border and the Arlon-Bastogne road cutting extraordinary maps dated 1776 were
in the Grand Duchy. Since 10 July between the new state of Belgium and through its territory should go to shown, true cartographic treasures
2018, a new law establishes this duty. The Netherlands (including the Grand Belgium. Impossible, since in 1843 the witnessing a quarrel between the
And the Fonds Belva assumes the Duchy), marked with a golden line. village sprawled on both sides of the Duchy of Luxembourg and the
role of contracting authority for the road! But in 1839 the Great Powers in Electorate of Trier about the course of
construction of a new building for the In fact the border between the two London used the 1776-78 Ferraris map, the border.
Archives. As an introduction to our Luxembourgs was materialized with with the then Arlon-Bastogne road
topic we could see the splendid map, 287 landmarks in cast iron made in on it. In 1839, however, the ‘Ferraris The Archives also offered us (in
painstakingly made for the above- Seraing, and 220 in stone! And it was road’ had been replaced by another the person of Sanja Simic) the visit
mentioned 1843 Treaty of Maastricht noticed that there are some differences that followed a different route. So the to their special, well-documented
in the borders depending on the origin 1843 Commission chose the road as the exhibition, extended until 18 August
of the copy! borderline, adding the east part of the 2018 Halt! Douane. It was set up to
road to the Duchy. Today every Belgian mark the 175th anniversary of the entry
knows this place on the Nationale 4: of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
where a multitude of petrol stations in the ‘Zollverein’ [customs union],
on the east side and everyone passing which was really beneficial for its
by fills up the car, since the price of industrial development, especially
petrol is much cheaper in the Grand the metallurgy. The customs and
Duchy than in Belgium.Talk about the commercial union between 24
importance of using the correct up-to- German states, linked in the German
date map. Confederation, was active from 1834
until 1918. The aim was to ‘create a
Every sector of the territory was
single internal market and harmonize
attributed to one of the two parties, tax and economic rules’, a topical
with the signatures of the military question now!
Philippe Nilles showing the commissioners. The impressive map showing the borders between the
1843 Treaty of Maastricht Duchy of Luxembourg and the Electorate of Trier .

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Luxembourg City.
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On the occasion of the 17th Paris map fair, a cocktail reception will be held on Friday evening 2 November 2018, in
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The ‘17th Paris Map, Globe & Scientific Instrument Fair’ is co-organised, as usual, by Beatrice Loeb-Larocque
(loeb-larocque.com) and Pierre Joppen (swaen.com). This year, they joined forces with ‘Le Zograscope’, a Paris The participants at the end of the visit to the Musée Gaspar
dealer specialised in scientific instruments. in Arlon, situated in an elegant 19th-century villa.
The fair will open its doors on Saturday 3 November, at 11.00, at the Hotel Ambassador (free entrance, until Bravo to our two gentils organisateurs Pierre Parmentier
18.00). This year, there will be 37 international exhibitors from 10 countries, including six globe and antique and Marie-Anne Dage, left of the centre, both (!)
conveniently wearing pink tops.
instrument dealers. As usual, the Brussels Map Circle will have a booth.
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This year, to emphasize its new domain of activity the fair will include a special exhibition on the history of
‘Globe Making’. It will show some of the most important early Dutch and French globes and how they were made
according to ancient manuals
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The Brussels Map Circle
December 2018: Celebration of the Brussels Map Circle’s 20th anniversary!

20thAnniversary Programme
Saturday 1 December 2018 at 18.00 SATURDAY 1 DECEMBER 2018
HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING FOR OUR

MEMBERS:
In the beautifully refurbished Reading Room maps,

atlases and scientific books of the museum’s collection
will be on continuous display. There will be expert
explanation provided by our own members, each in his/
her own field of expertise. Some of the shown pieces are
unique, so don’t miss this occasion!
The Plantin Moretus Building in the City of Antwerp Some of the oldest printing presses in the world are the
The Plantin Moretus Library
earliest witnesses of the invention of printing.
To give you already a small glimpse of what you may expect:
As already announced, the
Circle decided to conclude this – A historical atlas for King Louis XIII, containing cosmographiae of G. Mercator, K. Peutinger map, Parergon
celebration year in the Plantin- maps of Ortelius (P. Bertius, Theatrum geographiae veteris; 1618)
Moretus Museum in Antwerp (www. – The first school atlas ( J. Honterus, Rudimentorum cosmographicorum; 1556)
museumplantinmoretus.be). – Cl. Ptolemaeus, ed. N. Germanus, Cosmographia – Geographia (second coloured Ulm edition; 1486)
– A Neptune François, containing also the nine charts engraved by Romain de Hooge and the large
This museum is UNESCO world Mediterranean map (C. Pene-Cassini and P. Mortier; 1693)
heritage, as it still is housed in the
– A map of Part of Africa with figures by Th. de Bry and van Linschoten (P. Pigafetta-E. Lopes, Regnum
Congo- Vera description Regni Africani; 1598)
original residence and workshop of
the publishing dynasty. It contains
And much more!
– among many other things - the
oldest printing presses in the world
and a library with the works of the Christophe Plantin was an intellectual with a flair PROGRAMME
Officina Plantiniana, that dates back for business. Shortly before 1550 he moved from
France to Antwerp. Five years later he started his • 18:00 – 18:30: arrival of guests
to 1555. Bibles, scientific works and
own printing press. • 18:30 – 20:00: guided tours in English, French and Dutch
dictionaries were published here,
as well as many maps and atlases, • 18:30 – 20:00: Reading Room display of maps & atlases (see above)
Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum • 20:00 – 22:00: reception with finger food
arguably being the most famous one. • 18:00 – 22:00: slideshow about the 20 years of activity of the Circle
Also several versions of the Venue: Museum Plantin-Moretus, Vrijdagmarkt 22, 2000 Antwerp
Descrittione by Lodovico Guicciardini E-mail: info@bimcc.org
were printed & published by Plantin
between 1581 and 1588 (see article p 11) Suggested parking site: Parking Cammerpoorte, Nationalestraat 38-40, B-2000 Antwerpen
In this grand decor we offer our Registration on our website is kindly required before 24 November
members and their partners, who are (http://www.bimcc.org/events/an-evening-at-plantin-moretus-the-brussels-map-circle-20th-
cordially invited, a private evening on anniversary)
Saturday 1 December 2018. Jan Moerentorf worked his way up from bookshop
assistant to Plantin’s right-hand man. He latinised
his name as ‘Moretus’. After Plantin’s death in 1589,
All for free, of course! he ran the Officina Plantiniana until 1610. Caroline De Candt
carolinedecandt@gmail.com

26 SPONSORS HISTORY AND CARTOGRAPHY 27
Military topography a century ago
Antiquariat by Jean-Louis Renteux

Antiquariaat Peter Kiefer
Plantijn Buch- und Kunstauktionen
D.R. Duncker (Book and art auctions)
Old maps, prints, atlases and illustrated Steubenstraße 36

books. 75172 Pforzheim, Germany
Ginnekensmarkt 5, 4835 JC Breda
Tel +31 76 560 44 00 Tel +49 7231 / 9232-0
dieter.d@planet.nl Fax +49 7231 / 9232-16
p.kiefer@kiefer.de
www.plantijnmaps.com
www.kiefer.de
On this photo found by Lisette Over the last century, however,

Danckaert in the papers of her father, surveying techniques have evolved
then Second-Lieutenant Jean-François considerably, as exemplified by
Danckaert (arrow), a group of Belgian this young man I met recently. He
officers of the First Line regiment was drawing a plan of my village in
are practicing topography ca 1911, in northern France for a utility network,
their bright pre-WW I uniforms. They on his own. The rod he carries has
Loeb-Larocque
are using a planchette to take aim a GPS antenna which gives him the
at various leveling rods, apparently latitude and longitude of any point
mindseye without the help of a telescope; they he chooses (road sign, pole, house
would draw the angles and positions corner, etc) with an accuracy of a few
Maps, Atlases, Prints of the surveyed points on their paper, centimeters; these coordinates are
and books David Raes pretty much in the same way as their entered directly into his graphical Jean-Louis Renteux
predecessors a couple of centuries tablet and he can then draw lines jl.renteux@gmail.com
31, rue de Tolbiac before . between those points and produce

75013 Paris Branding, design for print, a very accurate, and georeferenced,
catalogues and webdesign. plan of the village, sufficiently precise
By appointment only to design a network of cables or pipes
Jan Palfijnstraat 26 through the village.
8500 Kortrijk, Belgium
Tel +33 (0) 6 11 80 3375
The work done in a day by this single
Tel/Fax +33 (0) 1 44 24 85 80 david@mindseye.be surveyor would have taken weeks for
info@loeb-larocque.com www.mindseye.be the group of officers in 1911 ...
www.loeb-larocque.com
Surveyor 17 th century Surveyor 21 th century

with Planchette with GPS

28 INTERVIEW INTERVIEW 29
How I Got What did you need to study/

where have you needed to gain
Into Cartography experience to get this far?

As there are very few university
programmes in the history of cartog-
Interview with Chet Van Duzer raphy, and in any case it was after uni-
versity studies that I came to the field,
John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, Providence RI, USA I have had to teach myself much about
the field. I believe that incorporating
an art historical perspective into the
by Luis A. Robles-Macias
Chet Van Duzer study of maps is very important, as
chet.van.duzer@gmail.com is experience working with maps as
physical objects, whether they are
Project at the University of Rochester, more and more of my energy to old manuscript or print. Discussions with Urbano Monte's world map 1587 - David Rumsey Collection
Brief bio which brings multispectral imaging to maps. I like the fact that they have colleagues during various research Stanford - Tavola 24 King Philip II - detail
cultural institutions around the world. curious features that seem at first fellowships have also been important
I studied mathematics, English glance to defy explanation; usually to me. projects that involve the multispectral As a final comment, perhaps
literature, ancient Greek, and Latin How did you get into cartogra- in fact there is a very good reason for imaging of maps and globes for the you’d like to tell us the ‘best
at the University of California at phy? those features, but one must find the Would you describe your career Lazarus Project at the University of thing’, in your view, about your
Berkeley. I have published extensively explanation through research. path to date as ‘straightfor- Rochester, and we have a number of
cartographical life right now.
on medieval and Renaissance maps in I first became interested in maps ward’? promising ventures in the works.
journals such as Imago Mundi, Terrae during a visit to the Vatican Museums What does cartography mean to I’m very excited about my current
Incognitae, Word & Image, and Viator. in 1997, well after finishing my you? No, my career path has not been One large-scale project I have in mind project studying Urbano Monte’s
I am the author of Johann Schöner’s university studies. I saw a manuscript straightforward. It took me some years is a comparative study of cartouches in manuscript world map of 1587, recently
Globe of 1515: Transcription and Study, of Ptolemy’s Geography from the For me the history of cartography to “find” the history of cartography. maps and other media, something that purchased by David Rumsey for the
the first detailed analysis of one of the mid-fifteenth century on display, means a series of very engaging Fortunately a number of the subjects I would require a multi-year effort and David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford.
earliest surviving terrestrial globes a manuscript that had been made research challenges, and also the studied earlier proved useful in work- a team of several persons. But I have The map is a very rich document in
that includes the New World; and in Italy. It was open to the folios opportunity to appreciate how ing in the history of cartography. started work on a book about cartou- terms of both its texts and images, and
(with John Hessler) Seeing the World immediately following the Ptolemaic people went about understanding ches on maps, which I will work on at reveals a lot of its creator’s personality.
Anew : The Radical Vision of Martin world map, and on them a later and depicting their world in earlier Actually your first university the Newberry Library this summer.
Waldseemüller’s 1507 & 1516 World Maps. artist – also Italian – had added a centuries. I find it particularly degree was in mathematics... On the longer term, I would like to get
My book Sea Monsters on Medieval second world map in about 1530. At interesting when cartographers a permanent position in which I could
and Renaissance Maps was published that time, which was long before the depict their hypotheses on maps, as Yes, in fact I originally wanted to be- focus considerable attention on one
in 2013 by the British Library, and is discovery of Antarctica or Australia, these cases reveal more about the come a biophysicist, but at UC Berkeley collection.
now available in German and Russian many geographers and cartographers cartographers themselves, their I got more interested in math courses.
editions, with a Chinese edition in believed that there was a continent in ideas and sources, than a more Later on, I developed a passion for What advice would you give to
early 2017. My book The World for a the far south, probably to balance the straightforward depiction of a known Renaissance English literature. I don’t young researchers?
King: Pierre Desceliers’ Map of 1550 landmasses in the north, and on maps land. use math in my current work, in the
was published at the end of 2015 by from that period one sometimes sees sense that I don’t apply mathematical Find a subject you are really passionate
the British Library, and in 2016 Brill a continent, basically a large island, What exactly does your day-to- techniques to the analysis of old maps, about — and if it is a subject with at
published a book I co-authored with near the South Pole. This map on day work involve? but I like the structured method of least one aspect that has some popular
Ilya Dines, Apocalyptic Cartography: display in the Vatican Museums had reasoning that you learn by studying appeal, that is advantageous. Finding
Thematic Maps and the End of the World a hypothetical southern continent, My day-to-day work involves library mathematics. the right subject is much more impor-
in a Fifteenth-Century Manuscript. but in this case, rather than being a research, preparing talks, writing, and tant than the specific career path you
My recent NEH-Mellon project at the large island, it was a huge ring of land administrative details associated with Where do you see yourself going follow. I have personally enjoyed the
Library of Congress was a study of the around the South Pole. That really these activities. One of my primary from here? flexibility of doing fellowship-based
annotations in a heavily annotated inspired my curiosity. Granted that interests is determining the sources research, although some may consider
copy of the 1525 edition of Ptolemy’s one believed that there had to be that cartographers were using, so I maintain a list of the map projects it too precarious an existence.
Geography1 . Currently I am the David land in the far south, how could one I spend a lot of time searching for that I want to undertake, and it con-
Rumsey Research Fellow at Stanford conclude that it was in the shape of images and texts that cartographers tinues to get longer: for every one item
and the John Carter Brown Library a huge ring, with open water at the availed themselves of in maps and that I cross off the list when I finish it,
and a board member of the Lazarus South Pole? So I started investigating, books created before the particular I have probably added five or more in
and that study drew me to devote map I am studying the meantime. In addition, I organise Luis A. Robles-Macias
luis.a.robles.macias@gmail.com
1 See the full story in MiH61 (p. 33)

30 LOCAL NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS 31
Record sale of a Blaeu atlas in Brussels News from Switzerland
by Jean-Louis Renteux by Wulf Bodenstein
55 • 2017
Since 1990 map historians and

collectors in mainly German-speaking
countries have enjoyed the bi-annual
publication Cartographica Helvetica,
edited by the Arbeitsgruppe für
Kartengeschichte [the (Swiss) Working
Group for the History of Cartography],
in cooperation with the Schweizerische
Gesellschaft für Kartografie [Swiss
Cartographic Society]. In Volume
n° 50 of 2014 Hans-Uli Feldmann,
its Chief Editor, summarized
the achievements of 25 years of
uninterrupted publication of what
became a top-quality journal admired
for its journalistic professionalism and
its technical printing excellence. At
the same time he announced a break
Americae nova tabula - Blaeu Kaleidoskop der
in the journal’s editorial orientation:
It is not so often that old maps make This work by Joan Blaeu comprises 594 cartographer also proposed the work from now on the accent would be
Schweizer Kartografie
Markus Oehrli
it to the headlines of the press, but maps, all hand-coloured, accompanied in other languages: French, Dutch, on cartographic issues relating to
it was the case last June, after a copy by 3 000 pages of texts, descriptions German and Spanish. Switzerland only.
of Blaeu’s ‘Atlas Maior’ was sold for a of continents, regions and countries.
record price. It testifies to the emergence of The version sold last May is an In this situation it is important
Amsterdam as a large cartographic excellent copy of the first Latin to realise that, on occasion, the
Brussels was once more the scene for centre, in the middle of the Dutch edition, very complete with all eleven cartographic interest in a given the utopian mountain railway project certain locations, cannons had no line
a major event in cartography: at an golden century. The book was already, volumes in their original Dutch vellum subject extends well beyond national to the summit at 4 500 m, launched in of sight towards anticipated targets,
auction taking place on 26 May: (our in the seventeenth century, an object of bindings, and including all the original Swiss concerns. It seems therefore 1890 but never realised. requiring indirect firing methods to
sponsor) Arenberg Auctions sold the great value, if not the most expensive title pages and 592 maps (out of 594). appropriate that we should offer our be developed. The secret cartographic
eleven volumes of the ‘Atlas Maior’ 1662 of its time and it has been a big success readers from time to time a brief Vol. 52, 2016: Festungskarten material was declassified only in 2009.
edition for a top hammer price of EUR in publishing. Today, 300 copies of this Those of us who cannot afford such an summary of the principal subjects – Geheime schweizerische
480 000,00 (close to EUR 600 000 with work would still be recorded (cf. Peter original masterpiece can still enjoy covered. Militärkarten 1888-1952 [Fortification Vol. 53, 2016: Reisekarten der
premium), whereas their catalogue Van der Krogt, Blaeu. Atlas Maior, browsing the maps of another copy of maps – Secret military maps of Schweiz – Von den Anfängen bis
gave an estimate bracket of EUR 250 to Cologne, 2005), of which 129 copies Blaeu’s ‘Atlas Maior’ 1662 edition kept Vol. 51, 2015: Das Matterhorn im Switzerland 1888-1952] ins 20. Jahrhundert [Travel maps in
350 000. are written in Latin; but the Dutch at the Royal Library of Belgium which Kartenbild [The Matterhorn in Maps] Switzerland – From the beginnings to
is accessible online in its Latin version Fortification mapping started as early the 20th century]
and in its Dutch version 2015 was the International Map Year, as 1588 with the review of the city
(https://www.kbr.be/fr/collections/ and the journal seized the occasion walls of Basel. Larger scale defensive Switzerland was an important transit
imprimes-anciens-et-precieux). to commemorate the first dramatic concepts only emerged in 1885. country for pilgrims heading for
ascension of the Matterhorn 150 years Beginning with the fortifications of Rome and for international trade
ago, in July 1865. A selection of 40 maps the southern front of the Gotthard, the between northern Europe and Italy.
from 1545 to the present time illustrate project progressively covered other Two articles are devoted to the famous
the cartography of this mountain strategic positions, employing up to Peutinger Table and to Etzlaub’s
region, at the border between the 150 topographers. Accurate maps, Romweg [Way to Rome, ca. 1500], before
Swiss Valais and the Italian Valle eventually drawn at 1:10 000, helped road maps came into use for postal
Jean-Louis Renteux d’Aosta. Another chapter describes overcome a particular problem: at routes, followed by steamship maps
The original bindings of
the eleven volumes jl.renteux@gmail.com

32 INTERNATIONAL NEWS INTERNATIONAL NEWS 33
for navigation on the Rhine and on Vol. 55, 2017: Kaleidoskop der
Lake Constance. The publication of Schweizer Kartographie [A
proper rail and road maps stimulated kaleidoscope of Swiss cartography]
travelling into and within this country
as of the middle of the 19th century, and As a contribution to the 2015
a few charming posters are included International Map Year, the Swiss
in the line-up of maps, documenting Cartographic Society had presented
the country’s fantastic potential for on their blog, between August 2015
tourism. and December 2016, some 70 maps
and related documents. Fifty-eight
Vol. 54, 2017: Guillaume-Henri of these, dating from the early 16th
Dufour: Vermessung und Kartierung century to to-day, have now been
der Schweiz [Guillaume-Henri reedited for this volume with a
Dufour: Surveying and mapping cartobibliographical commentary. As
Switzerland] a concession to a larger readership,
attention was paid to the lighter side of
This Volume is devoted to Guillaume- cartography. A number of documents Replica of the St. Gall Globe, St. Gall
Henri Dufour (1787-1875), a Swiss army reveal humorous, imaginary or even Monastery Library. The original Galler
officer and topographer, creator of absurd details in their cartographic Globus, was captured in 1712 by Zurich
troops.
the Topographische Karte der Schweiz disposition, the subject being topped
in 25 sheets on the scale of 1:100 000. by a globe that could be used as a The author’s research into the origin
Generally known as the Dufourkarte, it drinking cup. of the globe, in respect of location and
is a copper engraved map each sheet of globemaker, has invalidated some Third map of Europe by Joachim Vadian, manuscript, Berne, University Library (MUE Inc. V 106 : 3).
which measures 48 x 70 cm, resulting Vol. 56, 2018: St. Galler Kartenschätze previous findings. He found out that Based on the Waldseemüller maps in the Cosmographica , Vadian redrew the Ptolemaic maps into the trapezoidal Donis
in a total size of 240 x 350 cm. It took [Cartographic treasures of St. Gall] it was made in Schwerin in 1576 by projection and added toponyms from the Tabulae Modernae.
twenty years to complete, from 1845 to Tilemann Stella. The design concept
1865. The first three articles dealing with of this unusual combination can be Commentaries into some copies of world-wide (exhibitions, conferences,
the mapping of the Swiss canton of traced back to Johannes Schöner which his manuscript Ptolemaic maps including our Brussels December
Following higher education in Saint Gall and the upper course of the (1515), was subsequently adopted by were integrated. Up to now eight event, and auctions), plus book reviews
Paris and Metz, Dufour served in Rhine are probably of interest mainly Gemma Frisius and Gerhard Mercator. exemplars containing the 26 maps are and news about important map
the French army from 1811 to 1817, to the Swiss readership. However, the Interestingly, Mercator’s portrait on record in libraries in Switzerland personalities and projects.
mainly constructing fortifications remaining two essays should attract figures on the globe but was painted (Berne, St. Gall, Winterthur), Chicago
on the island of Corfu. On his return the attention of readers abroad and over. (Newberry Library), Ljubljana Apart from the usual annual
to Switzerland he became involved they are therefore briefly summarised (National Library of Slovenia), Paris subscription, single copies of the
in cadastral work and, in 1832, was here. Rudolf Gamper, Florian Mittenhuber, (Bibliothèque Nationale), and in Vienna Journal may be obtained; visit www.
appointed Chief of Staff responsible for Chet van Duzer and Thomas Horst (University Library). Also covered are kartengeschichte.ch, or contact Hans-
the organisation of the defences of his Jost Schmid-Lanter has studied the then expose their research into a Vadian’s biography and a few of his Uli Feldmann on info@cartographica-
country. In addition to his function as so-called globe of St. Gall (St Galler series of manuscript maps made by other geographical works. helvetica.ch, or write to Cartographica
an engineer and army officer he was Globus) and offers a first account of his the St. Gall humanist Joachim Vadian Helvetica, Untere Längmatt 9, CH-3280
politically active and was one of the research. The large globe (diameter 121 (1483/1484-1551). Using Waldseemüller’s Although, in respect of its thematic Murten, Switzerland.
co-founders of the Committee that cm) is a combined model of a celestial Cosmographia (1513) as a model, Vadian choices, Cartographica Helvetica is
became the Red Cross in 1864. and a terrestrial sphere. In 1712, Zürich redrew the standard 26 Ptolemaic essentially concerned with Swiss
troops captured St. Gall, just south maps in the trapezoidal Donis cartography, Hans-Uli Feldmann has
Volume 54 has also been published of Lake Constance, and transported projection (introduced by Donnus managed to keep a door open to the
in French. A facsimile edition of the the precious booty to Zürich where Nicolaus Germanus around 1460). He international map scene in two ways.
Dufourkarte was produced in 1988 by it is now kept in the Swiss National further innovated by inserting certain Each volume contains quite extensive
the Bundesamt für Landestopografie Museum. Claims by St Gall for its toponyms copied from the Tabulae summaries in German, English and
and can be ordered via mapsales@ return were unsuccessful, but in 2009 modernae which Waldseemüller had French, sometimes in Italian also. In
swisstopo.ch. Zürich handed over a faithful replica of added to the classical series of maps. addition, a supplement is inserted in
the original to the previous owner, the loose-leaf form into each volume as
monastery library of St. Gall. In 1510 Vadian became professor at a Newsletter, in German. It contains
Vienna university and in 1518 published announcements of major events Wulf Bodenstein
wulfbo@outlook.com
a new edition of Pomponius Mela’s

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The Brussels Map Circle

Auction calendar 2018 AIMS AND FUNCTIONS
The Circle was created, as the
HONORARY PRESIDENTS
Wulf Bodenstein
OTHER OFFICERS
• Lisette Danckaert
Arenberg Auctions Loeb-Larocque Paulus Swaen Brussels International Map Collectors’ Avenue des Camélias 71 • Jan De Graeve
Internet Auctions Circle (BIMCC), in 1998 by Wulf 1150 Bruxelles jan@degraeve-geo.eu
(A merging of The Romantic Agony and 31, rue de Tolbiac Bodenstein. telephone: +32 (0) 2 771 23 14 • Henri Godts
Henri Godts). F-75013 Paris www.swaen.com
e-mail: wulfbo@outlook.com henri@arenbergauctions.com
Tel. +33 (0)6 11 80 33 75 or paulus@swaen.com Now known as the Brussels Map
19, Wolstraat / Rue aux Laines • Jean-Christophe Staelens
Tel./Fax +33 (0)1 44 24 85 80 Circle, it is a non-profit making as- Eric Leenders
B-1000 Brussels Zwanenlaan 16 jcs@staelens.biz
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Members receive three issues of our
14-15 December 2018 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE magazine 'Maps in History' per annum
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PRESIDENT and have free admission to most of the
views and books with maps, be they
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collectors, academics, antiquarians,
Kunstauktionen Burggravenlaan 341 Non-members pay full rates.
Jansweg 39, NL-2011 KM Haarlem Cäcilienstrasse 48 or simply interested in the subject
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an informal chat about an item from e-mail: pdc@aquaterra.be lishes three issues per year. It is distrib-
The calendar of events and exhibitions will no longer be printed in this magazine but will instead be sent to you with WhatsMap? their collection – an ideal opportu- uted, not only to members of the Circle,
nity to get to know the Circle. TREASURER but also to key institutions (universities,
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Brussels Map Circle’s Excursion

Curriculum vitae of In 1567 the Spanish King Philip II

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current border between Belgium We could later enjoy a wonderful

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After a short break in the adjacent

Cocktail reception FREE for Members of the Brussels Map Circle!

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The Brussels Map Circle

December 2018: Celebration of the Brussels Map Circle’s 20th anniversary!

HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING FOR OUR

In the beautifully refurbished Reading Room maps,

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Military topography a century ago

Antiquariat by Jean-Louis Renteux

Old maps, prints, atlases and illustrated Steubenstraße 36

On this photo found by Lisette Over the last century, however,

31, rue de Tolbiac before . between those points and produce

Surveyor 17 th century Surveyor 21 th century

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How I Got What did you need to study/

Into Cartography experience to get this far?

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Record sale of a Blaeu atlas in Brussels News from Switzerland

by Jean-Louis Renteux by Wulf Bodenstein

Since 1990 map historians and

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The Brussels Map Circle

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