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Subject:        New York Map Society
Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:25:10 -0500
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The NYMS will be meeting at NYPL, 5th Avenue & 42nd Street, on Saturday,
Dec. 9 at 2:30 pm. in the South Court auditorium.  Dr. Sy Schwartz will be
our guest speaker, and he will be discussing his research on the
Waldseemuller map, recently purchased by the U.S. Library of Congress.

He has a forthcoming book on the topic, and we invite those of you in the
metro area to join us.

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