This book is the first to focus on historical maps of Southern Africa, featuring 80 maps from 1790 to 1914. It covers significant areas like the Cape Colony and Boer Republics, providing bibliographic details and essays on each map's historical and geographical significance, along with high-quality digital scans.
5th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, 2014
This volume gathers 19 papers first presented at the 5th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, which took place at the University of Ghent, Belgium on 2-5 December 2014. The overall conference theme was 'Cartography in Times of War and Peace', but preference was given to papers dealing with the military cartography of the First World War (1914-1918). The papers are classified by period and regional sub-theme, i. e. Military Cartography from the 18th to the 20th century; WW I Cartography in Belgium, Central Europe, etc.
This volume collects 22 papers presented at the 4th International Symposium of the ICA Commission on the History of Cartography, held at Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, on 28-29 June 2012. The overall conference theme is 'Exploration - Discovery - Cartography', but preference has been given to papers dealing with cartography in the 19th and 20th centuries. The papers are classified according to regional sub-themes, i. e. papers on the Americas, papers on Africa, etc.