Moreover, we regularly take part in exhibitions organizing by the library or by other institutes. In 1990 and 1991 two members of the department's staff travelled abroad, for Yugoslavia and Netherland, gaining scholarship for Hungarica map research five times. In the hard financial situation of the country our annual sum for purchaces is understandably restricted. Despite this we bought some excellent Hungarica manuscript maps. For example maps by Charles Juvigny, a 17th century French military engineer, by Janos Tomasich, an 18th century Hungarian county surveyor and by some unkown authors.
All maps show different parts and areas of the country.
Besides we obtained some missing editions of maps of Hungary and of Transilvania by Sambucus, Mercator and the Blaeus and seven other engravings of Hungary which supplement our set of maps showing the country of the 17th-18th centuries. We hope to acquire some more till the end of this year. In the middle of 1992 the map department succeeded to obtain 32 atlas-cabinets, for which we had to wait for four years. Now we can give the atlases the appropiate environment equal to their value. The library's long-range plan implies the development of computerized cataloguing of maps.