| Detailed description of the subject |
| 1. week |
The first maps: prehistoric relics spatial representations of natural
peoples |
| 2. week |
Antique cartography |
| 3. week |
Greek and Roman maps |
| 4. week |
Cosmography of Ptolemy |
| 5. week |
Symbolics of medieval maps |
| 6. week |
Portolans and great geographical discoverys |
| 7. week |
Printed maps in the Renaissance |
| 8. week |
The first atlases: Mercator and Ortelius |
| 9. week |
Beginnings of Hungarian catrography: Lazarus and Honterus |
| 10. week |
Cosmography and chorography, evolution of surveying methodology |
| 11. week |
Centuries of atlases and globes |
| 12. week |
Maps and measurements: era of enlightment |
| 13. week |
Military surveys in 18th-19th century (Hapsburg Empire) |
| 14. week |
Beginnings of thematic mapping |
| 15. week |
Old maps: collection, processing, restoration (visiting collections) |
| Recommended reading: |
- Klinghammer- Pápay- Török: Kartográfiatörténet
- Stegena: Térképtörténet
- Klinghammer-Papp-Váry: Földünk tükre a térkép
- Cartographica Hungarica, The Map Collector, Mercator's World issues
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