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Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 19:14:20 +0100
From: Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Maps & Society lectures
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'MAPS AND SOCIETY'
(Warburg Institute, University of London)
TENTH SERIES
PROGRAMME FOR 2000-2001
2000
October 26 Dr Erin Blake (Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington,
D.C.)
Zograscopes, Topographical Views, and Polite Society circa
1750
November 16 Dr Graham Burnett (History of Science Program,
University of Oklahoma)
Masters of All They Surveyed: Cartography, Exploration,
Geography and a British 'El Dorado'
December 7 Peter Chasseaud (Military historian)
Artillery's Astrologers: Mapping the Western Front,
1914-1918
{The remaining talks, January-May 2001, will be posted in a few weeks}
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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.
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Tony Campbell, Map Librarian
British Library Map Library
96 Euston Road
London NW1 2DB ## NB. You must now use the NEW style phone/fax ##
Phone: 020 7412 7525 International: +44 20 7412 7525
Fax: 020 7412 7780 International: +44 20 7412 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://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/
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