On January 16th, 2018, in the Union of Architecture and Urban Planning in Buenos Aires presented the books "The Unknown Southern Land - Terra Australis Incognita" by Gergana Lapteva and "Antarctica - The Cold South" by Prof. Christo Pimpirev.
The event was led by reporter Nova TV and a participant in the Bulgarian Antarctic expedition Zhivko Konstantinov. Among the officials were H.M. Andrey Tehov - Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to Argentina Mr. Albert Lluberas, Executive Secretary of the Antarctic Treaty, longtime Director of the Argentinean Antarctic Program Dr. Mariano Memoli, representatives of the Association of the Bulgarians in Argentina and the Argentinian-Bulgarian Foundation, Deyana and Nestor Alchech . Many residents and guests of the Argentine capital were also interested in the Ice Continent.
In the follow-up talk with the authors, they learned interesting details about the creation of the books and the life and work of the Bulgarian Polar Base on Livingston Island and, of course, autographs.
The event was led by reporter Nova TV and a participant in the Bulgarian Antarctic expedition Zhivko Konstantinov. Among the officials were H.M. Andrey Tehov - Ambassador of the Republic of Bulgaria to Argentina Mr. Albert Lluberas, Executive Secretary of the Antarctic Treaty, longtime Director of the Argentinean Antarctic Program Dr. Mariano Memoli, representatives of the Association of the Bulgarians in Argentina and the Argentinian-Bulgarian Foundation, Deyana and Nestor Alchech . Many residents and guests of the Argentine capital were also interested in the Ice Continent.
In the follow-up talk with the authors, they learned interesting details about the creation of the books and the life and work of the Bulgarian Polar Base on Livingston Island and, of course, autographs.
On November 7, 2017 in the Greenwich Book Center took place the premiere of the almanac "The Unknown Southern Land - Terra Australis Incognita", by Gergana Lapteva.
The event was opened by Professor Valeri Stefanov, Director of the University Publishing House, and the compiler Gergana Lapteva and the consultants Prof. Christo Pimpirev and Dr. Lubomir Ivanov told the guests about the development of cartography and knowledge of Antarctica over the centuries. Among the officials attending the premiere were the Ambassador of Argentina HE. Alberto Alfredo Manuel Trubeba, Brazilian PR. Ana Maria Sampaio Fernandez, Director of the Center for Polar Studies of Turkey Assoc. Prof. Bourgu Osoi and Prof. Todor Nikolov. Almanac can now be found in bookshops. |
TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA - The Unknown Southern Land
Organizer and coordinator Gergana Lapteva - [email protected]
TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA (Unknown Southern Land) is a project of the program ECOANTAR of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, whose purpose is to collect and make available all the currently known maps depicting Antarctica antiquity traced their development through the centuries until today, also show today maps of the Icy continent, including topographical, geological, satellite images, maps of the ice surface and under ice surface of the continent, maps of various research bases, etc. Of course, special attention is paid to the Bulgarian contribution to the mapping of Antarctica, they will be included maps on Livingston Island of prof. Lyubomir Ivanov and digital large-scale topographic map near the Bulgarian Antarctic base composed during the 24th Antarctic expedition by teams of Military geographic service of the Ministry of Defense and the University of architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy , funded by the Agency for Geodesy, cartography and cadastre.
The maps will be divided into several periods reflecting their historical development.
We are preparing a bilingual print edition in Bulgarian and English, with many color applications and illustrations, which will include more than 70 maps, accompanied by aexplanatory texts, data on the authors and interesting facts about their creation. So anyone who wants to can follow the interesting history of the continent and to consider whether something can contribute not only his, but also for the future of the entire planet.
The initiative is part of the International Year of the map 2015-2016, according to a decision of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) all cartographic events in 2015-2016 will be under the motto "We love maps!” The aim is to promote the importance of maps and geoinformation, cartographic works worldwide and the development of cartographic methods for visualization of the surrounding world needs and the development of society on a global and regional context. Furthermore Antarctic cartographic collection is dedicated to the Day of the map – 30th November and the International Day of Antarctica 1st December.
The aim is by tracing the history of the last still virgin and less affected by human activity continent to draw public attention to its preservation and future operation and a kind of appeal to the preservation of the unique flora and fauna.
The project is implemented within the framework of the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the Madrid Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.
The maps will be divided into several periods reflecting their historical development.
We are preparing a bilingual print edition in Bulgarian and English, with many color applications and illustrations, which will include more than 70 maps, accompanied by aexplanatory texts, data on the authors and interesting facts about their creation. So anyone who wants to can follow the interesting history of the continent and to consider whether something can contribute not only his, but also for the future of the entire planet.
The initiative is part of the International Year of the map 2015-2016, according to a decision of the International Cartographic Association (ICA) all cartographic events in 2015-2016 will be under the motto "We love maps!” The aim is to promote the importance of maps and geoinformation, cartographic works worldwide and the development of cartographic methods for visualization of the surrounding world needs and the development of society on a global and regional context. Furthermore Antarctic cartographic collection is dedicated to the Day of the map – 30th November and the International Day of Antarctica 1st December.
The aim is by tracing the history of the last still virgin and less affected by human activity continent to draw public attention to its preservation and future operation and a kind of appeal to the preservation of the unique flora and fauna.
The project is implemented within the framework of the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the Madrid Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.