-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Cartographic Treasures at Harvard Exhibit Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 15:05:53 -0500 From: David Cobb <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask],[log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] ------------------ Dear Colleagues - Excuse the cross-postings. Cartographic Treasures at Harvard In conjunction with the 20th International Conference on the History of Cartography the Harvard College Library will host the first exhibit to highlight Harvard's cartographic treasures. This exhibit will be located in the Harvard Map Collection in Pusey Library and the Houghton Library. Significant items will be selected from the Houghton Library's Leichtenstein Collection, the Harvard Map Collection, the Gutman Library of the Graduate School of Education, and the Harvard Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments. A sample of the items to be shown include: Casper Vopel's ca. 1558 world map in 12 sheets; Jodocus Hondius' 1595 8 sheet map of Europe; John Seller's 1675 map of New England; Lewis Evan's 1749 map of the Middle British Colonies; Sanuto's 1588 atlas of Africa; Jeremy Belknap's 1796 manuscript maps of the boundaries between the U.S. and the Indians; a Korean manuscript atlas from the 17th century; Haestens 16th century 6 sheet map of Jerusalem; and Osgood Carleton's map of the United States and his 1797 map of Boston. This exhibit will open to the public on June 16th, 2003 and run through September 2003. Additional information may be requested by contacting [log in to unmask] David Cobb *************************************************************************** David A. Cobb Tel. 617.495.2417 Harvard Map Collection FAX 617.496.0440 Harvard College Library Email: [log in to unmask] Cambridge, MA 02138 HTTP://hcl.harvard.edu/maps ************************** VERITAS ****************************************