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According to most recent findings, the Bavarian State Library’s broadside of globe gores by Martin Waldseemüller (BSB call number Mapp. I,5 ua) is not an authentic print but a copy, probably produced before 1960, of the document in possession of the University of Minnesota. This is the conclusion based on the results of a thorough materials science examination conducted by the Bavarian State Library’s Institute of Conservation and Restoration. The print, thus far dated from the year 1507, is one of only six known copies. The Waldseemüller map is famous for being the first to use the name "America".

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