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'MAPS AND SOCIETY'
(Warburg Institute, London)
NINTH SERIES
PROGRAMME FOR 1999-2000

1999

     October 28.  Stephen Mastoris (Museums, Arts and Records Services,
     Leicestershire County Council).  Why Map a Forest?  Mapping Sherwood
     Forest before 1700.

     November 25.  Dr Uta Lindgren (History, University of Bayreuth).
     Constructing Accurate Sea Charts in the Thirteenth Century:  The
     Scientific Evidence.

     December 9.  Professor Bruce Lenman (Department of Modern History,
     University of St. Andrews).  War a Catalyst for Cartography:  The
     Cases for Cartagena de Indias and Havana, 1660-1762.



2000

     January 20.  Dr Yolande Hodson, F.S.A.  Maps and Society in
     Twentieth-Century Britain.

     February 17.  Professor Charles Withers (Department of Geography,
     University of Edinburgh).  The Social Nature of Map-Making in the
     Enlightenment.

     March 30.  Ian Mumford (Department of Typography and Graphic
     Communication, University of Reading).  Lithographed Maps - Art or
     Artefact?  A Round-Table Discussion.

     May 4.  Sarah Tyacke (Keeper, Public Record Office).  Charting the
     East Indies before Amboyna (1621).

     May 18.  Dr Jim Egan (Department of English, Brown University,
     Providence).  'From India's Savage Plain':  Maps from
     Eighteenth-Century Georgia and the Colonial American South.


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     Meetings are held at the University of London, Warburg Institute,
     Woburn Square, London  WC1H OAB at 5.00 pm on a THURSDAY.

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       Admission is free and each meeting is followed by refreshments
                           All are MOST welcome

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     This lecture series in the history of cartography is convened by Tony
     Campbell (Map Library, British Library) and Dr Catherine Delano Smith
     (Institute of Historical Research, University of London).  The
     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.  It is supported by
     Imago Mundi:  the International Journal for the History of
     Cartography.

     DISPLAYS on the theme of each lecture, at the Royal Geographical
     Society, are arranged by Francis Herbert, Hon. F.R.G.S.

     Enquiries to the following please, not to the Warburg Institute.  If
     you have a convenient noticeboard, request a display copy of the
     programme.  Since the talks represent work in progress, there is no
     associated publication programme.


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     Tony Campbell, Map Librarian
     British Library Map Library
     96 Euston Road
     London NW1 2DB

     Phone: 0171 412 7525   International:  +44 171 412 7525
     Fax:   0171 412 7780   International:  +44 171 412 7780
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     Please see, bookmark and PROVIDE LINKS to:-

     1. The British Library Map Library homepage
     http://www.bl.uk/collections/maps

     2. Map History / History of Cartography: THE Gateway to the Subject
     http://www.ihrinfo.ac.uk/maps/
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