Capacity Building and to liaise with institutions and countries of high potential but no strong presence at ICA currently is a key strategic priority. It has to be seen in this context, that I had the opportunity for a working visit to Yaoundé, Cameroon at 4.-6.March 2024. During the visit to Cameroon, I had three […]
Mercator Revisited – Cartography in the Age of Discovery
25.04.2012. - 28.04.2012.
The international conference ‘Mercator Revisited – Cartography in the Age of Discovery’ in celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of Gerard Mercator, 25-28 April, 2012, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
The conference focuses on the place of cartography in general and of Mercator in specific in the 16th century. This Age of Discovery presented mapmakers with both unprecedented opportunity and scientific obligation to collect, record and categorise the world ‘as it was’. At the same time, the greatest mapmakers of the era were also scientists, craftsmen and humanists influenced by international politics, science and philosophy. Their maps not only reflect the factual discoveries of the time but also the environments within which the maps were produced.
For more information please consult the conference website: www.mercatorconference2012.be