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Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 11:53:23 -0500
From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: CONFANN: The Uses of Cartography in Atlantic History
 
 
 
Fyi mapsters. Despite this being an "academic" conference, it is indeed a shame
this is scheduled the same weekend that the Virginia symposium is scheduled.
Alice Hudson, NYPL Map Division
 
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Subject: CONFANN: The Uses of Cartography in Atlantic History
Author:  Mark Peel <[log in to unmask]> at Internet
Date:    2/22/99 4:26 PM
 
 
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The International Seminar on Atlantic History Harvard University
 
announces a Workshop on
 
The Uses of Cartography in Atlantic History April 24-25, 1999
 
-- a workshop on the spatial dimensions of the Atlantic world in the
thought of contemporaries, 1500-1800, and in the efforts of later
scholars to grasp the spatial history of that era.  The aim is to
analyze work in several fields - literature, art, politics, and
diplomacy as well as cartography and geography - that helps explain the
meaning of space in early modern Atlantic history.
 
The Workshop will meet for presentations and discussion in three sessions:
 
Saturday, April 24:
 
SESSION I: Maps in the Study of History: The State of the Art
 
The First Discoveries of America: The Spatial Imagination
 
SESSION II:
 
The Natives' Sense of Space
 
The Development of Atlantic Cartography
 
 
Sunday, April 25
 
SESSION III:
 
The Social Dimensions of Cartography
 
Spatial Conceptions in Literature
 
 
AT LUNCH: A Map of Cartographical Resources
 
 
Attendance at the Workshop and participation in the discussion are open
to the academic community. Historians at the beginning of their career,
including Ph.D. candidates, are especially encouraged to attend.
Travel and accommodation expenses will be the responsibility of
attendees; the Workshop will provide lunches and local lodging
information. Pre-registration by April 10 is required.
 
For a registration form and additional information, please contact Pat
Denault, Atlantic History Seminar, 408 Emerson Hall, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA 02138; Phone: 617-496-3066; FAX:
617-496-8869; EMAIL: [log in to unmask]
 
 
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