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'MAPS AND SOCIETY'
(Warburg Institute, London)
NINTH SERIES
PROGRAMME FOR 1999-2000
1999
October 28. Stephen Mastoris (Museums, Arts and Records Services,
Leicestershire County Council). Why Map a Forest? Mapping Sherwood
Forest before 1700.
November 25. Dr Uta Lindgren (History, University of Bayreuth).
Constructing Accurate Sea Charts in the Thirteenth Century: The
Scientific Evidence.
December 9. Professor Bruce Lenman (Department of Modern History,
University of St. Andrews). War a Catalyst for Cartography: The
Cases for Cartagena de Indias and Havana, 1660-1762.
2000
January 20. Dr Yolande Hodson, F.S.A. Maps and Society in
Twentieth-Century Britain.
February 17. Professor Charles Withers (Department of Geography,
University of Edinburgh). The Social Nature of Map-Making in the
Enlightenment.
March 30. Ian Mumford (Department of Typography and Graphic
Communication, University of Reading). Lithographed Maps - Art or
Artefact? A Round-Table Discussion.
May 4. Sarah Tyacke (Keeper, Public Record Office). Charting the
East Indies before Amboyna (1621).
May 18. Dr Jim Egan (Department of English, Brown University,
Providence). 'From India's Savage Plain': Maps from
Eighteenth-Century Georgia and the Colonial American South.
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Meetings are held at the University of London, Warburg Institute,
Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB at 5.00 pm on a THURSDAY.
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Admission is free and each meeting is followed by refreshments
All are MOST welcome
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This lecture series in the history of cartography is convened by Tony
Campbell (Map Library, British Library) and Dr Catherine Delano Smith
(Institute of Historical Research, University of London). The
programme has been made possible through the generous sponsorship of
The International Map Collectors' Society, Jonathan Potter of Jonathan
Potter Ltd., and Laurence Worms of Ash Rare Books. It is supported by
Imago Mundi: the International Journal for the History of
Cartography.
DISPLAYS on the theme of each lecture, at the Royal Geographical
Society, are arranged by Francis Herbert, Hon. F.R.G.S.
Enquiries to the following please, not to the Warburg Institute. If
you have a convenient noticeboard, request a display copy of the
programme. Since the talks represent work in progress, there is no
associated publication programme.
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Tony Campbell, Map Librarian
British Library Map Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB
Phone: 0171 412 7525 International: +44 171 412 7525
Fax: 0171 412 7780 International: +44 171 412 7780
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Please see, bookmark and PROVIDE LINKS to:-
1. The British Library Map Library homepage
http://www.bl.uk/collections/maps
2. Map History / History of Cartography: THE Gateway to the Subject
http://www.ihrinfo.ac.uk/maps/
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