A map correlating snowcap heights and sizes with latitude, from The Geographical Atlas of the New Continent, an early work.. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library/Public Domain. For example ...

Prof Dr Ferdinand Jan ‘Ferjan’ Ormeling Jr – a pioneer of thematic and atlas cartography, as well as geographical names – sadly passed away on 13 June this year. Menno-Jan Kraak, former president of ...