A public evening tour will take place on Tuesday, April 12, from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. The Maps team at the ETH Library and the Maps Department of the Zurich Central Library will present selected items from their collections on the topic “The World Between Two Book Covers—Insights and Stories from Historical Atlases.”

Meeting point: Zurich Central Library, old building at Zähringerplatz 6, 1st floor, Map Department reading room

No registration required. Please check your coats and bags at the coat check on the ground floor before the event begins.

Illustration: “Islandia,” from: Ortelius, Abraham: “Theatrum orbis terrarum,” [Antwerp]: [Plantin], [1595]