The 4th International Symposium of the International Cartographic Association's Commission on the History of Cartography is organized by the Commission in collaboration with Dr Zsolt Török of the Department of Geography and Geoinformatics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. The Symposium will be open to all cartographers, geographers, historians, map collectors, academics and lay persons interested in the history of cartography.

The Organizers welcome paper and poster submissions investigating scientific developments in the history Exploration, Discovery and Cartography regardless of where or when these activities took place.

We are primarily interested in cartographic endeavours during the 19th and 20th centuries, cartographic activities during earlier centuries usually formed the background for later developments and are also considered important.

Abstracts should be submitted by 15 February 2012.