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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005
From: tony campbell <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: The penultimate 'Maps and Society' talk next Thursday


[Please do not be put off by any other distraction (in the UK) on May 5th.
Posted to lismaps and MapHist]

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                               'MAPS AND SOCIETY'

                              The Warburg Institute

                         Fourteenth Series: 2004-2005
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Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano Smith
(Institute of Historical Research) and Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library,
British Library). Meetings are held on selected Thursdays at The Warburg
Institute, University of London,Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB at 5.00 pm.
Admission is free. Meetings are followed by refreshments. All are most
welcome. Enquiries: +44 (0) 20 8346 5112 (Dr Delano Smith) or <
[log in to unmask] >.


Final talks in this season's series
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May 5.   Professor Stephen Daniels (Department of Geography,
University of Nottingham) Map-work: Paul Sandby (1731-1809), paper making
and the topographical tradition. [NB. This is a change from the earlier
title: Maps and Education in Georgian England.]

May 26.   Lindsay Braun (Department of History, Rutgers University,
U.S.A.) 'A portion of our country comparatively unknown': Fred Jeppe, the
Zoutpansberg, and the Cartography of the Transvaal, 1867-1899.

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This 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.  Each lecture is
accompanied by a display, at the Royal Geographical Society, Kensington,
arranged by Francis Herbert, Hon FRGS.

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The web version of the programme <
http://www.maphistory.info/warburgprog.html > can be bookmarked, as it will
always contain the current details. For a comprehensive list of talks and
meetings in the history of cartography, see John Docktor's 'Calendar' <
http://home.earthlink.net/~docktor/index.htm >
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Tony Campbell



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