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30th IMCoS Symposium: 500 Years Mercator
Early Cartography in the Habsburg Empire,
and Commemoration of Mercator's 500th Birthday
September 9th-12th, 2012, Vienna
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Under the High Patronage of
The Austrian Commission for UNESCO
The Austrian Federal Minister for Science and Research, Univ. Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Töchterle
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Under the Auspices of
Director General
Dr. Johanna Rachinger
Austrian National Library
City of Vienna
The Embassy of the
Kingdom of Belgium
in Austria
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Call for sponsors |
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Sponsors are an integral part of the IMCOS Mercator-500 symposium. Don't miss this opportunity to present your organisation to map collectors from around the world. read more...
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Latest news |
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In about 100 days the international 30th IMCOS Symposium in Vienna will take place. More than 50 participants from 11 countries have alraedy registered and taken advantage of the important early booking discount.
The opening Ceremony will have an important speaker, Archduke Dr. Michael Salvator Habsburg-Lotheringen, member of the Habsburg family and historian. In Addition, Dr. Wouter Bracke from the Royal Belgian Library in Brussels has agreed to come to Vienna and hold an opening presentation.
The flower company, the catering companies, the reception halls, the music, the museums, the photographers, the librarians, the antiquarians, the civil cervants, the hotels and transport companies ... all are ready for you to come to Vienna ...
Remember the opportunity to book your participation including any accompaying person prior to june 1st in order to benefit from the big early payment discount.
If you happen to arrive in Vienna prior to the 8th of September, do have a look early in the morning
at the Fleamarket, at the Wiener Naschmarkt on Saturday morning - it has happend one did find a rare map ... a rare globe ... a drawing ... a coin or ...
We look forward to see you here in Vienna - have a safe trip
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Information to antiquarians |
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On wednesday, september 12th, from 08.00 to 12.00, we offer (at a small service charge) the opportunity to present antiquarian material (books, maps, atlasses, globes) to the participants of the IMCoS symposium. Several antiquarians already make use of this direct marketing opportunity. Please contact us to register.
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Overview |
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The IMCoS International Symposium in Vienna, Austria, commemorates, amongst other things, the 500th birthday of the Belgian Gerhardus Mercator who was born in Rupelmonde, Flanders (now Belgium). Of course, Mercator is one of the most important 16th century cartographers and globe makers not only for his mapmaking but also for inventing his projection which is still used on maps today.
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The symposium will focus on Mercator and the influence he experienced from the age of discoveries together with his place in the Habsburg Empire which flourished at that time. Many of the maps and globes produced during this period were highly prized for economic, military and diplomatic purposes and so were often kept secret. At the same time international relationships, scientific developments, philosophy and religion influenced the globe and map makers and vice versa.
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Preliminary Programm subject to change.
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The 30th IMCoS International Symposium from the 9th until the 12th of September 2012 in Vienna, Austria, will bring together map and globe collectors, academics, diplomats, historians, geographers, public officers, librarians, dealers and sponsors from all over the world.
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