Dear All,
Here is the programme for Carto-Cymru 2018, please feel free to share
it, we have a really exciting line-up again and it promises to be
another excellent event.
The National Library of Wales and The Royal Commission on the Ancient
and Historic Monuments of Wales, present:
Carto-Cymru - The Wales Map Symposium 2018 “Charting the seas”
18th May 2018 - 9.30-4.30
Theme:
Charting the seas and coasts of the World – how maps depict the sea and
coastline and how such mapping is used to widen our understanding of
these environments.
Presentations:
From the Air, on Land and Sea: 21st century mapping of the seas and
coast of Wales and Ireland - The CHERISH Project
James Barry, Marine Geoscientist, Geological Survey of Ireland
Rob Shaw, Senior Geo-Surveyor, Discovery Programme, Centre for
Archaeology and innovation Ireland
Daniel Hunt, Archaeological Investigator, The Royal Commission on the
Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
Bureaucracy, Cartography and the Hydrographic Office of the British
Admiralty: Marine Charts and Charting in the Nineteenth Century
Megan Barford, Curator of Cartography, The National Maritime Museum
The collections, history and work of the Hydrographic Office
Adrian Webb, Head of Archive, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
Ffuglen a ffaith: mapio glannau ac aberoedd Cymru (Fact and Fiction:
mapping the coasts and estuaries of Wales)
Hywel Griffiths, Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography, Department of
Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth University
Cist siartiau Cymreig: Casgliad siartiau morol yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol
Cymru (A Welsh chart chest: The marine chart collection at the National
Library of Wales)
Gwilym Tawy, Map Curator, The National Library of Wales
Charting the Welsh Seas
Deanna Groom, Senior Investigator (Maritime), The Royal Commission on
the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
Tickets available for £20 (including buffet lunch and morning &
afternoon refreshments)
For tickets phone: 01970 632 548 or events.library.wales
#CartoCymru #yearofthesea
https://www.facebook.com/events/1801620196798146/
If you would like a copy of the poster to put up in your library I have
asked Tinho to add it to the Lismaps filespace.
Hope to see you there.
Best wishes,
Huw
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Huw Thomas, FRGS, FBCartS
Curadur Mapiau Map Curator
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru National Library of Wales
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http://www.llgc.org.uk/
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