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'MAPS AND SOCIETY'
The Warburg Institute
Seventeenth Series: 2007-2008
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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
< [log in to unmask] >.
MEETING SPONSORED BY THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY
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February 28. Dr James Kelly (Worcester College, University of Oxford).
'Daniel Defoe's "Captain Singleton" (1720): Spectacular Speculative
Geography'.
** for the remaining talks in this series see:
http://www.maphistory.info/warburgprog.html **
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This programme has been made possible through the generous sponsorship of
The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association, The International Map Collectors'
Society, and Jonathan Potter of Jonathan Potter Ltd.
It is supported by Imago Mundi: the International Journal for the History of
Cartography.
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The web version of the programme <
http://www.maphistory.info/warburgprog.html > 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 >
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Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
