It began five hundred years ago when the very first modern maps of India were drafted. Travellers, wanderers, explorers and traders came overland from the West and carried hack tales about the India of their perception. The first maps of India wer...

25 juni t/m 18 september 2011Museum Het Rembrandthuis toont deze zomer ruim 100 werken, bruiklenen uit verschillende instellingen in Nederland en België, die een overzicht geven van de Amsterdamse prentproductie in de 17de eeuw. In deze tijd groei...

Het Joods Historisch Museum presenteert vanaf 21 maart een tentoonstelling met Esterrollen van de zeventiende-eeuwse graveur Salom Italia. Hij ontwikkelde in het Amsterdam van de Gouden Eeuw een nieuwe manier om de op perkament geschreven tekst va...

It has consumed numerous hours of preparation, proof reading and testing, but we have finally managed to publish our first e-Book. Actually it is a republication of original which appeared in 1973.'My Head Is A Map' e-Book is an illustrated volum...

With just a few more days to go before the London Map Fair opens her doors for all those maps buffs and like minded. The map fair may be considered as one of the highlights of the year for collectors and aficionados of historical maps and prints.W...

BBC4 will be hosting a series titled 'Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession' followed by a series on 'The Beauty of Maps'.Maps: Power, Plunder And Possession tells the epic and beautiful story of cartography, from hammered rock art to satellite imag...