----------------------------Original message---------------------------- This is being sent to several lists, sorry for the duplication. For additional information, see the Web: http://www.mun.ca/shd97/ Two other meetings of related societies will be taking place about the same time, see http://www.mun.ca/geog/cca97.htm (Canadian Cartographic Association) and http://www.mun.ca/geog/CAG/index.html (Canadian Association of Geographers). THE SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF DISCOVERIES Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting August 14-16, 1997 Memorial University of Newfoundland St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada (In Cooperation With the Hakluyt Society) Preliminary Information The Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting will be held on the campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland from Thursday evening, August 14, through Saturday, August 16, 1997. In addition to papers on topics in the history of geographical exploration, there will be social events, such as a reception and banquet, tours of St. John's and the local area, and a post conference expedition to Bonavista, L'Anse aux Meadows, and Red Bay. Local arrangements are being made by Alberta Auringer Wood, Maps, Data and Media Librarian, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Nfld., Canada A1B 3Y1; phone: 709-737-8892; fax: 709-737-2153; net: [log in to unmask] Tentative 1997 Annual Meeting Schedule Thursday evening, August 14 -- Reception and registration Friday, August 15 Council breakfast Registration Session I Break Session II Lunch Session III Break Session IV Banquet Saturday, August 16 Session V Break Session VI Lunch Business meeting Optional walking or bus tour of St. John's and vicinity Dinner on your own Optional Field Trips Trip No. 1: Sunday, August 17 (1 day) -- Ferryland (first North American home of Lord Baltimore) and boat tour to observe whales and birds. Trip No. 2: Sunday, August 17 to Sunday, August 24 (approx. 7 days) -- Northern Newfoundland and Labrador -- BONAVISTA (a National Historic Site will open here in 1997, coinciding with the 500th anniversary celebration of John Cabot's voyage to America), L'ANSE AUX MEADOWS (a National Historic Site and UNESCO World Heritage Site commemorating a Norse settlement of ca. 1000 A.D.), and RED BAY, Labrador (National Historic Site; centre of a 16th-century Basque whaling operation). If interested, contact Ed Dahl, National Archives of Canada, net: [log in to unmask] or telephone: 613-995-1452. For additional information, see the Web page: http://www.mun.ca/shd97/ Last Modified: Thursday, November 28, 1996 at 09:44 PM by Alberta Auringer Wood, [log in to unmask] |=================================================================| | Alberta Auringer Wood, Maps, Data and Media Librarian | | Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, | | CANADA A1B 3Y1. phone: 709-737-8892; fax: 709-737-2153; | | Internet: [log in to unmask] | | web pages: http://www.mun.ca/library/maps | | http://www.mun.ca/library/media | | http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~awood | |=================================================================|