-------- Original Message -------- Subject: New Exhibit Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:55:19 -0400 From: David Cobb <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: [log in to unmask] Organization: Harvard College Library To: Discussion group for map history <[log in to unmask]>, maps-l <[log in to unmask]> 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 -- David A. Cobb Harvard Map Collection Harvard College Library Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel. 617.495.2417 FAX 617.496.0440 Email: [log in to unmask]