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)