Forwarded from MapHist ... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Waldseemuller Symposium Podcast Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 15:16:23 -0400 From: John W. Hessler <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: To: References: If you were not one of the nearly 400 people who could attend last month's Waldseemuller Symposium at the Library of Congress or if you did and just wanted to watch it all again it is now available as a web/podcast on the Library of Congress' website. All four sessions of 'Exploring Waldseemuller's World' are there for free download and viewing. Session 1: Scholars and Scientists Session 2: Exploring the Known and the Unknown Sessions 3: Sources and Texts Session 4: Changes and Revolutions http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/results.php?cat=1 Hope you enjoy it...it is over ten hours long!!!! John W. Hessler Senior Cartographic Librarian Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society Geography and Map Division Library of Congress Washington DC 202-707-7223 http://www.warpinghistory.blogspot.com With each step back in time, history becomes more geographical, until, in the beginning, it is all geography. ---Michelet