The Royal Library of Belgium (KBR)The Entrance of the Royal Library of BelgiumMarie-Anne Dage, secretary of the Organising Committee, and Jean-Louis Renteux
Opening of the Symposium
Sara Lammens, General Director a.i. at Royal Library of Belgium, opens the SymposiumJean-Louis Renteux, Vice-President of the Brussels Map Circle Hans Kok, past Chairman of IMCoS Executive Committee
Lectures
Wouter Bracke, curator of the map collections at the Royal Library of Belgium and President of the Brussels Map Circle, presents an introduction to BelgiumKaren De Coene speaks of her Ph D research on medieval cartographyPieter Martens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) evokes military architecture and cartography in the 16-17th centuriesPieter Martens, Wouter Bracke and Karen De CoeneThe audienceThe audience
Visit to the Dukes of Burgondy Museum
From the Dukes of Burgondy exhibition
Visit around the Royal Library of Belgium Map Room
Colin Dupont presents a selection of maps from the Library in the dimmed light of the Librarium
Visit to a selection of the reconstituted library of Mercator
Selection of sixteenth century scientific books
13 October 2021 – Day 2
Lectures
Joost Depuydt (Plantin Moretus Museum) during his lecture on Abraham OrteliusKoenraad van Cleempoel (Professor at Hasselt University) presents Gerardus Mercator as maker of scientific instrumentsJoost Depuydt, Hans Kok and Koenraad van CleempoelLuis Robles (Université Libre de Bruxelles) reviews early representations of Northern Europe in nautical cartographyGeert van Paemel (Professor at KU Leuven) presents van Langren’s map of the Moon
Visit to the scientific instruments section of the Art & History Museum
Hans Kok and Jan De GraeveJean-Louis Renteux and Jan De GraeveJan De Graeve gives explanations about the instruments Sundials and other instrumentsArmillary sphere
Visit to the Map Room of the Royal Military Museum
Anne Godfroid, head of the Map and Plans section, presents the Carte des Routes de poste de la Russie européenne, exécutée sur ordre de S.E. M. le Du de Feltre, ministre de la guerre, sous la direction de M. le général Comte Sanson, au Dépôt général de la Guerre, Paris MDCCCXIIPlan des positions occupées dans le haut de la ville de Bruxelles les 23, 24, 25 à 26 septembre 1830Patrick Nefors, head of the Documentation Centre, presents the 1830 map of Brussels
14 October 2021 – Day 3
Lectures
Wouter Bracke talks about the Ostend East India Company (in place of Jan Parmentier, unable to attend because of health problems)Gábor Timár gives a lecture from Budapest (via Zoom) on cartography in the eighteenth century Habsburg EmpireJan Vandersmissen (Ghent University) presents the role of geography and cartography in Leopold II’s venturesWouter Bracke, Imre Demhardt and Jan VandersmissenRobert Clancy gives a lecture from Australia (via Zoom) on mapping of the AntarcticHans Kok (former chief pilot at KLM) talks about aviation mapsWouter Bracke closes the academic part of the SymposiumImre Demhardt presents the programme of the 39th IMCoS Intermational Symposium in 2022 at Arlington, Texas
Visit to the Map Room of the State Archives
Iason Jongepier presents maps from the State ArchivesOne of the longest map of the State Archives Carte particulière des Environs d’une Partie des Limistes en Flandre entre Les Terres de S,M,I, et Catholicque et celle des Etats Generaux des Provinces Unies. […]. 1716
Official dinner at the Cercle Royal Gaulois
In the name of IMCoS, Hans Kok thanks Marie-Anne Dage and the other organizers of the Brussels symposiumDinner at the Cercle Royal Gaulois
For the Official dinner photo album, follow this link.