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East European, Oriental and Asian Reading Room | © BSB/H.-R. Schulz

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8 April – 15 November 2019
Cabinet presentation of the map collection
The Pfinzing atlas, created by the Nuremberg trader, mathematician and cartographer Paul Pfinzing (1554 – 1599), forms part of the most important works of cartography produced in Nuremberg in the 16th century. It contains hand-drawn and hand-coloured maps of the imperial city of Nuremberg and its territory, as well as various territorial representations from the private environment of the Pfinzing family.

100-sheet map of the Russian empire | © BSB/ Public Relations

A few weeks ago, the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek received the so-called 100-sheet map of the Russian empire ("Stolistovaya") as a present from private ownership. Consisting of 107 sheets, the work published in Saint Petersburg from 1801 to 1804 constitutes the first multi-sheet, official map of Russia and accordingly a central source of Russian cartography in the 19th century.

Cäcilie von Rodt in the palace district of Bangkok | © BSB/ Image Archive

9 April – 29 June 2018
Cabinet presentation of the map collection
The Swiss Cäcilie von Rodt (1855 – 1929), who descended from a patrician family from Bern, sold her parents' estate after their death. Inspired by the adventure stories of her youth – written by authors such as James F. Cooper and Jules Verne – she started travelling henceforth. After a number of first tours in the Mediterranean, she went on her first journey around the world on her own in May 1901, circling the globe once completely from east to west.

9 April – 29 June 2018
Presentation of the map collection

Guided tours and visitors

Guided tour on the history of cartography (University of the German Armed Forces, Dr. Thomas Horst), October 2016
Bavarian State Chancellery – European Excellence Programme: Presentation of the collection and insight into the cartography of Europe, June 2016
Table Ronde Tegernsee: The library of Maximilian Count von Montgelas and its map collection, June 2016
Comparison of city views in "Civitatis Orbis Terrarum" by Braun/ Hogenberg (University of Bamberg, Prof. Dr. Großmann), June 2015
Guided tour on the history of cartography forming part of the seminar "Old maps and globes as sources for historians" (Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Dr. Thomas Horst), April 2015

Participation in conferences and visits

David Rumsey Map Center, Standford CA, October 2017
Conference of map curators, Gotha 2017
Conference of map curators and colloquium on the history of cartography, Vienna 2016
Conference on geo-referencing, Saxon State and University Library Dresden, January 2015

Wanderlust – A journey around the world in city maps

Virtual exhibition on the travel route taken by the Swiss Cäcilie von Rodt (1855 – 1929)

To the virtual exhibition

Exhibitions and presentations

2024: Wanderlust – A journey around the world in city maps
(→ also as virtual exhibition)
2023: Into the Alps, but why? – The crossing of the Alps from the Middle Ages to the present in maps and photographs
(→ also as a virtual exhibition)
2019: Der Pfinzing-Atlas von 1594
2018: Wanderlust – A journey around the world in city maps
(→ also as virtual exhibition)
2015: Lafreri atlas
2013/ 2014: The land survey of Bavaria – 450th anniversary of Philipp Apian's great map of Bavaria
2013: Odd maps
2010: Presentation on the occasion of the 15th colloquium on the history of cartography
2008: Maps, wars, electors

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The Pfinzing atlas of 1594

A return by a roundabout route – The 100-sheet map of the Russian empire

Wanderlust – A journey around the world in city maps

Wanderlust – A journey around the world in city maps

Guided tours and visitors

Participation in conferences and visits

Wanderlust – A journey around the world in city maps

Exhibitions and presentations

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