-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Forthcoming exhibition in Oxford Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:28:12 +0000 (GMT Standard Time) From: Nick Millea <[log in to unmask]> To: carto-soc <[log in to unmask]>, liber list <[log in to unmask]>,lis-maps <[log in to unmask]>, maphist-l <[log in to unmask]>,maps-l <[log in to unmask]> CC: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] ------------------ Dear Colleagues, [Apologies for cross-posting: posted to carto-soc, liber-gdc, lis-maps, maphist-l, and maps-l] STREET MAPPING: AN A TO Z OF URBAN CARTOGRAPHY 3 February to 26 April 2003 Exhibition Room, Bodleian Library, Oxford This exhibition will consider the evolution of town plans as a cartographic genre, using examples from the Bodleian Library's map collections. Special attention will be paid to the mapping of Oxford itself, monitoring cartographic development from the sixteenth-century map of the city by Agas to the most recent products from the twenty-first century. There will also be the opportunity compare the works of celebrated street map publishers over the centuries, while mapping of urban growth will be portrayed through the development of St Petersburg from a desolate marsh to an imperial capital to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the city's foundation in 1703. There will be a selection of maps of streets that were planned but never built. Other maps from around the world will compare cartographic styles and conventions over the centuries, reflecting the considerable strengths of the Library's holdings. A catalogue will be produced to accompany the exhibition, available for sale in early March. For further details, please contact: Nick Millea Map Librarian, Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG tel : 01865 287119 fax : 01865 277139 email : [log in to unmask] homepage: http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/