Author Description

This Liber Amicorum was published to celebrate the 65th birthday of a man who traveled to the farthest corners of the world to study maps, atlases and historic documents with love and passion throughout his entire life, then describing and analyzing them down to the smallest detail. It was presented to him on the 16th of February 2007 by the editorial staff and other individuals who worked on this publication. Günter Schilder has been the holder of the only chair in the history of cartography in the world for over 25 years. The work contains 49 contributions about cartographic subjects all by well-known cartographers, conservators and other map-related specialists throughout the world. With numerous illustrations in color and two facsimiles.