forwarded from maphist -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Registration open for Map Conference at UNC Nov.2007 Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:38:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Jay Lester <[log in to unmask]> The North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, will host a two-day conference on historical maps and cartography of the United States on Friday-Saturday, November 3-4, 2006. Entitled Maps for the New Nation: Mapping and Cartography of the United States, 1776-1860, the conference will feature six speakers on various aspects of American mapping and cartography in the early national and antebellum periods. David Rumsey, President of Cartography Associates and Director of Luna Imaging, will deliver the Friday night banquet keynote address. A special exhibit of notable maps of the Tar Heel state from these periods will be mounted this fall in the NCC Gallery in the Louis Round Wilson Library and be on display during the conference. Additional information on the conference is available at: http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/maps/ Advance registration is required, and early registration is strongly advised. The conference is being co-sponsored by the Wiliam P. Cumming Map Society: http://www.cummingmapsociety.org/ Jay L. Chapel Hill, NC _