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Subject:        New Exhibit
Date:   Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:55:19 -0400
From:   David Cobb <[log in to unmask]>
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Organization:   Harvard College Library
To:     Discussion group for map history <[log in to unmask]>, maps-l
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Colleagues -

The Harvard Map Collection is pleased to announce the opening of its
newest exhibit "A Celebration of Charts: The 200th Anniversary of the
U.S. Coast Survey." In addition to two Coast Survey copperplates and
their respective printed charts, the exhibit includes Henrick Doncker's
1659 West Indische Pascaert, Van Keulen's ca. 1705 De Baay en Stadt van
Gibraltar, John William's 1799 Chart of Cape Cod, Colnett's 1794
manuscript chart of Galapagos, Maury's 1852 Wind and Current chart of
the North Atlantic, Oxholm's 1799 Charte oven den Danske oe St. Croix,
Romein de Hooghe's 1694 Carte nouvelle de la Mer Mediterranee, Charles
Wilkes 1837 Chart of Georges Shoal, and a 1713 manuscript atlas of
Curacao and many more.

The exhibit is open Monday- Friday, 9 am - 5 pm except for University
holidays in the Map Gallery at Pusey Library. The exhibit will run
through November 16th. Additional information is available at
http://hcl.harvard.edu/info/exhibitions/#charts or by calling 617-495-2417.

David Cobb

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David A. Cobb
Harvard Map Collection
Harvard College Library
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel. 617.495.2417
FAX  617.496.0440
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