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You’re invited to a
Favorite Maps event!
Since we weren't able to gather in person this summer for a “cartifacts” party, we’re offering a fun and socially-distanced meet-up over Zoom. Please join
us!
Rocky Mountain Map Society members will give 10-minute “lightning talks” on the significance of a favorite map from their collections.
Program:
- Michael Drayton. [Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, & Berkshire.] From Poly-Olbion. 1612 (Chris Lane)
- The 1614 Gerrittsz/Blaeu Map of Russia, dedicated to Tsar Michael Romanov (Lorraine Sherry)
- The 1686 Du Val Map of Siam, a landmark map of Thailand (Tom Overton)
- The United States of America with the British possessions...divided with the French, also the Spanish territories...according to the preliminary
articles of peace signed at Versailles the 20th of Jany; 1783. [1790]. (Don McGuirk)
- Reclaiming land in the Netherlands, in maps, 1844 to today (Max Peeters)
- Lieutenants Abert and Peck's 1845 exploration of discovery on the Arkansas and Canadian Rivers (Wes Brown)
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Il Granducato di Toscana, by Matteo Pagani, 1773 (Tad Kelly)
When: September 8, 2020, 5:30 – 7:00 PM. Presentations will be 10 minutes each, with a few minutes for questions.
Where: Zoom online, from the comfort of your home! Here’s the Zoom link:
https://mines.zoom.us/j/95101310702?pwd=REpTMTBjcnJKTG5mOVZhRCtFZ1NBZz09
You can download and learn about Zoom here:
https://zoom.us/
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