Last week, Joaquim Gaspar, the Project Leader, was interviewed by the European Research Council to contribute with his experience and knowledge and to share some words about his work, the first ERC attributed to the history of cartography. One year has passed since the start of the project. The interview is available in full at the ERC website.

Last Sunday, Joaquim Gaspar met the Roadtrip Project team to share his experience and to inspire young generations on his view of a "second life" that started long before his retirement from the Navy. The Road Trip Project is a European travel experience that takes 8 individuals on 4 routes across the continent between Spring and Summer 2018.From the Baltics to the westernmost point of Europe, the length of the Danube, around the Mediterranean and alongside the Atlantic, the

On May 25th, at 11am, the researcher André Ferrand will talk about one Portuguese Atlantic Chart (Portuguese only). Em Dezembro de 2007 foi descoberta em Palermo, na antiga Biblioteca Nacional (actualmente denominada Biblioteca Central da Região Siciliana) uma carta náutica portuguesa do século XVI até então desconhecida. Esta carta estava a servir de capa a um livro de teologia de Gesualdo Bologni, que pertenceu à antiga biblioteca do Convento dos Frades Capuchinhos de Paler