It has just published the presented works in the 6° Simposio Iberoamericano de Historia de la Cartografía (6siahc) that took place in Santiago de Chile in April, 19, 20 and 21, 2016. The volume has the title “Memorias del 6º Simposio Iberoamericano de Historia de la Cartografía. Del mundo al mapa y del mapa al mundo: objetos, […]
New review of famous expedition that, between 1736 and 1744, the Science Academy of París propelled to measure a degree of Meridian near to the equator, specifically in the region of the Andes, in the Audience of Quito, the under Spanish control. The expedition was guided by Louis Godin and La Condomina and participated, by the Spanish Crown, Jorge […]
Recently it has been published, in an indepently way and almost at the same time, two reviews of Mapes i control del territori a Barcelona. Vuit estudis, the book resulted of the III Jornades d’història de la cartografia de Barcelona and where the GEHC have had a highlighted participation in the frame of the proyect that we are developing. The reviews […]
The next Thursday February 16 , at 19 h., in the l’Arxiu Històric de la Ciutat de Barcelona, it will take place the presentation of the book Mapes i control del territori. Vuit estudis. The book is a compilación of presentaciones which were carried out in Terceres Jornades d’història de la cartografia de Barcelona celebradas el octubre de 2015. […]
The historian Karen C. Pinto has just published Medieval islamic maps. An exploration (University of Chicago Press, 2016), a deep exploration of Medieval Islamic Cartography since X midcentury to XIX century. Its analysis focuses on collecting known maps as Llibre de Carreteres i Regnes (Kitab al-Masalik wa al-Mamalik, o KMMS). This work is studied since three angles: iconography, context and […]
The Llibreria de la Diputació is pleased to invite you to the 14th colloquium “Parlem de…”, colloquium´s cycle where current issues of local worls are discussed, opened to citizens. In this occasion the publication that will be presented is El mapa com a eina de govern: centenari de la creació dels serveis geogràfic i geològic […]