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Exhibition
"LES TRESORS DE LA CARTOTHEQUE DE L'UNIVERSITE LAVAL"
 
Today at 4 p.m. the exhibition "Les tresors de la Cartotheque de
l'Universite Laval" will be inaugurated in Quebec City. This exhibition
features some of the cartographical treasures kept in the collections of
Laval University Map Library. These original documents are rare, some are in
manuscript form and some are uniquely kept in Quebec.
The prominent piece presented is Champlain's map of New France of 1632
(second state).
A "virtual" exhibition was derived from the "real" one in order to promote
the treasures kept and the whole collection of ancient maps, thus providing
an illustration  fairly representative of the cartographical record for Quebec.
The Champlain  cartobibliographic database is also inaugurated containing
over 11 000 map records describing three collections: printed maps (about 4
500 sheets), 12 000 NMC microfiches (maps pertaining to Quibec as kept in
the National Archives of Canada) and 2 200 maps on microfilm from the Quibec
Siminary Archives (now Musie de l'Amirique frangaise).
 
The virtual exhibition and the Champlain database can be accessed from:
http://www.bibl.ulaval.ca/ress/carto2
 
Have a nice visit!
 
Yves Tessier, Head
Map Library