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Presentation of forthcoming International Conference on the History of Cartography, Helsinki, 30th June - 5th July, 2013. More information www.ichc2013.fi
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25th ICHC 2013 Helsinki, Finland• The Four Elements – the Essentials of the
History of Cartography• As the main theme, Earth, Air, Fire and Water
symbolise the essential elements in the history of cartography and the importance of cartography in the representation of nature and our understanding of the world
ThemesEarth• Urban mapping• Land surveying and land survey maps• National mapping and national atlases• Maps for travel, traffic, and communication
networks• Grids, coordinates, and projections
Air• Theoretical and conceptual approaches to the
histories of mapmaking• Thematic mapping, map symbols and
representation• Toponymy• Aesthetics in cartography• Celestial mapping
Fire• War maps and fortresses• Religion in cartography• Mythical and imaginary places in maps• Map collecting and prominent collections• Marketing, distribution and use of maps
Water• Mapping of inland waters• Coastal maps and charts• Mapping of seas and oceans• World maps and atlases
Any other aspects of the history of cartography
LocationMarina Congress Centre
Exhibitions
Lafreri, Antonio Carta marinaRoma 1572
Ptolemaios, KlaudiosMappamundi15th century
Dunér, N. & Nordenskiöld, A.E.Karta öfver Spetsbergen. Stockholm 1865
Ortelius, Abraham Russiae, Moscoviae et Tartariae… Amsterdam 1579
Janssonius, JoannesInsulae Melitae Vulgò Malté Amsterdam 1657
Doncker, Hendrik Pas caart van de Oost zee. Amsterdam 1666
Ioannes Paulus Cimerlinus VeronensisCosmographia uniuersalis ab Orontio olim descripta1566
Blaeu, Joan Magnus ducatus Finlandiae Amsterdam, 1662
Exhibitions general view• Fire and Air: National Museum –exhibition
featuring A.E.Nordenskiöld and collections from National Library and Nurminen foundation
• Earth: National Archives and National Land Survey
• Water: Nurminen foundation
National Museum
National Archives
Post conference tour 6th July(free included in the programme)
• Visit to one of the points of The Struve Geodetic Arc, which is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through 10 countries and over 2,820 km.
• These are points of a survey, carried out between 1816 and 1855 by the astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, which represented the first accurate measuring of a long segment of a meridian
Struve Arch,
Korpilahti
Fredikson Map Collection, Jyväskylä
Other programme• Visit to Nordenskiöld home (near Helsinki) for
accompanying persons and other interested• Post conference tour 2 continues from Jyväskylä
to Savonlinna and Lappeenranta, possibility to visit a private map collection
Nordenskiöld home, Alikartano Manor
SavonlinnaOpera Festival
Saimaa lake area
4380 km2
Finland some facts• Population 5.4 million• Languages Finnish (91%),Swedish(5.4%),Sámi 1700 people• Part of Sweden for 600 years, 1809-1917 a grand duchy in
the Russian empire 108 years, independent 1917-• Currency Euro• Weather cold winters (extreme coldest day -41.3 in Kuhmo
2010), fairly warm summers (warmest day in Joensuu 37.2 2010)
• Greatest length from north to south 1160 km, greatest width from east to west 540 km
• The fifth-largest country in Western Europe• 187 888 lakes • Highest point near border of Norway 1323.6 m
Welcome to Finland in 2013 (www.ichc2013.fi)