Mapping the Indian Ocean World, from ancient times to the present


Australian and New Zealand Map Society 2024 Symposium

State Library of NSW, Sydney

Wed 1 May (with additional public events on Thu 2 May)




Program: https://anzmaps.org/2024/03/08/2024-symposium-program/


Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/anzmaps-symposium-tickets-858772029257



PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY 1 MAY 2024

8.45 - 9.15am          Registration and coffee

9.15 - 9.30am           Welcome - Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon – CEO State Library of New South Wales



SESSION 1:

Moderator: Martin Woods

9.30 - 10.15am         Key note speaker – Chet van Duzer,

The sincerest form of flattery: William Hack’s copies of VOC maps of Southeast Asia

10.15 - 10.45am      Professor Susan Broomhill,

Reading cartography of the Indian Ocean world in the programme of the Royal Palace, Amsterdam



10.45 - 11.15am     MORNING TEA



SESSION 2:

Moderator: Erica Persak

11.15 - 11.45 am       Ian Burnet,

Early Portuguese geographers in the Indian Ocean World- Manuel Godhino de Eredia and Joao Teixeria Albernaz and their maps

11.45am - 12.15pm  John Hewitt,

Two Indian Ocean Voyages by the Great Ship Sao Paulo



12.15 – 1.30pm        LUNCH



SESSION 3:

Moderator: Robert Clancy

1.30 - 2.00pm            Professor Dennis Reinhartz,

The Cartography of Herman Moll and Discovery, Exploration, and Empire

2.00 - 2.30pm            Dr Leone Stevens and Lynette Russell,

Enter, Stage Right: Australia’s presence in modern representations of Indian Ocean and Southeast Asian historical trade routes



2.30 - 3.00pm            Catherine Akeroyd,

The Indian Ocean on Medieval Islamic Maps

3.00-3.30pm              Arvi Wattel,

Charting New Holland: Navigating the Interplay between Empirical Mapping and Imaginary Illustrations in 17th Century European Cartography’



3.30 – 4.00pm                      AFTERNOON TEA



SESSION 4

Moderator: Maggie Patton

4.00 - 4.30pm           Corioli Souter and Erica Persak,

Museum mapping: Indian Ocean cartography at the WA Museum



4.30 - 5.00pm             Ruud Stelten,

The wrecking of the Dutch East Indiaman Zuytdorp (1712)



5.00 - 5.10pm             Close





THURSDAY 2 MAY 2024

Related events



Workshop

9.30am - 12.30pm       Looking slowly at early modern maps with Chet van Duzer

Looking Slowly at Early Modern Maps | State Library of NSW<https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/looking-slowly-early-modern-maps>



Afternoon: SLNSW behind the scenes tour



Public Lecture

6.00 - 7.00pm             Frames that Speak: An introduction to cartographic cartouches with Chet van Duzer

Frames that Speak: An Introduction to Cartographic Cartouches | State Library of NSW<https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/frames-speak-introduction-cartographic-cartouches-0>