IMCoS Map Lectures: Paula van Gestel, Dutch Wall Maps, c. 1550-1850

International Map Collectors' Society

IMCoS Lectures Series, June 2021: Paula van Gestel, Wall maps published in the Netherlands between c.1550 and 1850

Paula van Gestel will present aspects of her research for a cartobibliography on Dutch wall maps which she has been compiling with Günter Schilder since 2010. In addition to setting out their defining characteristics, manner of construction, sources, geographic and decorative content and the historical context, she will also discuss several prominent publishers of wall maps, the commercial environment, and issues of privileges and commissions. 

Paula van Gestel has been affiliated with the historical cartographic research programme Explokart (https://explokart.eu/) at the University of Amsterdam since 1999. She is also a member of the staff and board member of the Explokart Foundation and the Cartographiae Historicae Cathedra (CHC Foundation) for whom she additionally fund raises, edits, and supervises various projects. In 2007 she published the Liber Amicorum for Günter Schilder, Mappæ antiquæ and in 2011 Part 13 of the Explokart series Maps in books of Russia and Poland.This talk is part of a series of lectures organized and hosted by the International Map Collectors' Society in June 2021. The lectures will be:
9 June, 7PM, the Malcolm Young Lecture, Daniel Crouch: The Spanish Armada Maps
16 June, 2 PM, Peter Geldart, Mapping the British Occupation of Manila 1762–64 (PLEASE NOTE DIFFERENT TIME, 2PM, FOR THIS TALK)
23 June, 7 PM, Paula van Gestel, Wall maps published in the Netherlands between c.1550 and 1850
30 June, 7 PM, Wes Brown, Alzate y Ramirez and the mapping of New Spain 
Registered attendees for each event will receive a Zoom link one week before the event. Reminder emails, with the joining link, will be sent two days and one day before the event. If you have any questions about registration or using Zoom, please email Katie Parker at kaparker18th@gmail.com 
Interested in more events like this? Do you like maps and want to connect to other enthusiasts and collectors? Consider joining the International Map Collectors' Society. More information is available here: https://www.imcos.org/membership-levels/

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IMCoS Map Lectures: Paula van Gestel, Dutch Wall Maps, c. 1550-1850

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