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Subject: Waldseemuller map talk at NYPL JUne 2
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 18:17:21 -0400
From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>


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Dear NYC metropolitan area mapsters,

We are pleased to invite you to our donor group meeting, The Mercator
Society, on June 2 at 5:30 for a reception, and 6-7pm for a talk by John
Hebert, Chief of the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress,
Washington, DC. The meeting will be in the Berger Forum, Room 227. Please
rsvp to Diana Lee at 212-930-0654.

Dr. Hebert will talk about the Waldseemuller map, which will be displayed
in a twelve piece facsimile. Sometimes referred to as "America's birth
certificate," the Waldseemuller map is the first document on which the name
"America" appears. Dr. Hebert will discuss aspects of the map's
preparation, content, provenance and future plans for display and study.


Please join us if you are in the area June 2. [Don't forget to rsvp!!]

Alice C. Hudson
Chief, Map Division
The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
The New York Public Library
5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117
New York, NY 10018-2788

[log in to unmask]; 212-930-0589; fax 212-930-0027

http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html

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