Joint commission seminar on historical maps, atlases and toponymy

The Joint Commission Seminar on Historical Maps, Atlases and Toponymy took place on Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd August 2013 at the Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde (Institute for Regional Geography) in Leipzig. As a pre-conference to the 26th International Cartographic Conference in Dresden, Germany, the seminar was organised by the following commissions and working groups: • ICA Commission on the History of Cartography • ICA Commission on Atlases • Joint ICA Working Group and IGU Commission on Toponymy