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Subject:        map program @ NYPL 6/21/06
Date:   Thu, 8 Jun 2006 13:10:13 -0400
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Mapfolk in the NY metro area are invited to join the Mercator Society of
NYPL at their Spring program as described below.

Please, please rsvp to Diana Lee at 212 - 930-0654,  if you plan to
attend!!


The New York Public Library Mercator Society cordially invites you to a
reception and presentation:

"The Mannahatta Project: an inquiry into historical maps and the untold
ecology of the world's greatest city"

The British Headquarters Map, ca. 1783, provides an unprecedented and
underappreciated view of the landscape of Manhattan Island
prior to modern development.

Dr. Eric W. Sanderson of New York's own Wildlife Conservation Society, is
using the British Headquarters Map to project back
to the ecology of Manhattan as Henry hudson discovered it in 1609, by
applying modern techniques from computer science, ecology and geography.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006                   6:00 p.m.  Reception,   6:30
p.m.  Program

Trustees Room 206, Humanities & Social Sciences Library, N.Y.P.L.
Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, Manhattan


Alice C. Hudson
Chief, The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal 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

Hours: Open 1-7:30 Tu; 1-6 Wed-Sat.    Closed Sun, Mon.

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