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'MAPS AND SOCIETY'
The Warburg Institute
Fifteenth Series: 2005-2006
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Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano Smith
(Institute of Historical Research) and Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library,
British Library). Meetings are held on selected Thursdays at The Warburg
Institute, University of London,Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB at 5.00 pm.
Admission is free. Meetings are followed by refreshments. All are most
welcome. Enquiries: +44 (0) 20 8346 5112 (Dr Delano Smith) or <
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Thursday February 16.
Emeritus Professor Bruce Lenman (Department of History,
University of St Andrews) 'Cartographic Intelligence and the French Navy
in the Caribbean, c.1679-1711'.
This meeting is sponsored by the Hakluyt Society.
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For details of forthcoming talks in March-May see
<http://www.maphistory.info/warburgprog.html >. The web version of the
programme can be bookmarked, as it will always contain the current details.
For a comprehensive list of talks and
meetings in the history of cartography, see John Docktor's 'Calendar' <
http://home.earthlink.net/~docktor/index.htm >
This programme has been made possible through the generous sponsorship of
The International Map Collectors' Society, Jonathan Potter of Jonathan
Potter Ltd., and Laurence Worms of Ash Rare Books. Each lecture is
accompanied by a display, at the Royal Geographical Society, Kensington,
arranged by Francis Herbert, Hon FRGS.
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Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
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