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Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 10:28:21 +0100
From: April Carlucci <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Eclipse mapping exhibition at the BL
Sender: April Carlucci <[log in to unmask]>



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   The British Library Map Library is pleased to announce the opening of
   its latest exhibition, "The Shadow of the Moon: an exhibition of
   British solar eclipse mapping in the 18th century." The exhibition is
   curated by Geoff Armitage, author of the recent book of the same
   title, copies of which are available for purchase in the Library's
   Bookshop. The exhibition is located in the lobby at the entrance to
   the Maps Reading Room on the 3rd floor of the British Library at St
   Pancras, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB (nearest tubes: Kings Cross/St
   Pancras or Euston). Additional examples of eclipse mapping will also
   be on display in the "Treasures of the British Library" in the Ritblat
   Gallery on the upper ground floor for the next few weeks, where there
   are other maps on permanent exhibition. Map Library is open Monday
   10-5, Tuesday to Saturday 9.30-5; the Library building is open seven
   days. Please call 0171 412 7702 for further information. The
   exhibition will be open until the end of October 1999.
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