E. Livieratos, "25 Centuries of Cartography and Maps"

The revised version of the 1998 almost homonymous book by E. Livieratos is now published (in Greek), December 2007, by Ziti Publishers under the title 25 Centuries of Cartography and Maps: A tour from the Ionians to Ptolemy and Rigas. In 263 pages [210X287 mm] illustrated with 241 grayscale images the book narrates the 25 centuries of cartography and maps in six chapters: 1. Why the maps? (the human visual perception paradox and the maps), 2. The Greeks (principles of Ancient Greek cartography and the names), 3. Ptolemy (the culmination of Greek cartography), 4. Middle Ages (from the fall of Rome to the capture of Constantinople), 5. Renaissance (the western period of Ptolemy cartography and the renaissance of cartography), 6. Science and Enlightenment (from geodetic cartography to Rigas Charta).
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Order: Ziti Publ.

Digital Map Library of the ICC

The Digital Map Library of the Cartographic Institute of Catalunia (ICC) is now on thw web with some 4.000 documents online (antique maps and photographs).
The digitization is under progress and new entries will appear on bimonthly basis.

The ICC Digital Map Library on line

Contact: Rafael Roset

New issue: "e-Perimetron", Vol. 2, No.2 (Spring 2007)

The new issue of e-Perimetron the international web journal on sciences and technologies affined to history of cartography and maps is now on line (pp 178-252) with seven papers by M. F Davie & M. Frumin/ J. Alves Gaspar / E. Livieratos, A. Tsorlini & C. Boutoura / M. Orciani, V. Frazzica, L. Colosi & F. Galletti / J. J. Reyes Nunez / A. Wolodtschenko & T. Forner.
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The Mediterranean Map Library

The Mediterranean Map Library (MML) team is pleased to inform that a new version of MML site is online. There are references concerning Near-East countries: Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and the towns of Beirut and Damascus.
The Meditarranean Map Library is a project of the Maison Mediterranιenne des Sciences de l'Homme (MMSH) in Aix-en-Provence. This project realizes a collective repertory and catalogue of maps and plans of towns of Mediterranean countries. This catalogue primarily consists of map series rather than in single maps or plans. Its main characteristic is a graphic interface allowing the access to information: documents are identified by their location. Each map series goes with a descriptive notice and is represented by a graphic index drawn on a background enabling location spotting.

Website address: http://cartomed.mmsh.univ-aix.fr

Mail address: cartomed@mmsh.univ-aix.fr

Island Cartographies: Knowledge and Power

Hermoupolis, Island of Syros (Cyclades, Greece), 16-17 July 2007. A meeting on 'Island Cartographies' organized by the National Hellenic Research Foundation (G. Tolias) and the RAMSES 2 project (J.-L. Arnaud). Speakers: B. Bessi (Rome), N. Bouloux (Tours), T. Koutsogiannis (Athens), C. Zacharakis (Athens), E. Livieratos (Thessaloniki), C. Boutoura (Thessaloniki), P. Falchetta (Venice), D. Loupis (Cambridge, Ma.), G. Tolias (Athens), P. Militello (Catania), A. Stouraiti (Oxford), F. Lestringant (Paris).
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