Martina Triplat Horvat defended her PhD thesis Cartographic Analysis of J. R. Bošković’s and Ch. Maire’s Maps of the Papal States at the Faculty of Geodesy of the University of Zagreb on July 11, 2014. The Defence Committee consisted of Assist. Prof. Dr. Dražen Tutić, Assist. Prof. Dr. Ivka Kljajić and Prof. Dr. Josip Faričić from the Department of Geography of the University of Zadar. Her mentor was Prof. Dr. Miljenko Lapaine.