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'MAPS AND SOCIETY'
The Warburg Institute
Sixteenth Series: 2006-2007
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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] >.
January 25. Dr David Marsh (Birkbeck, University of London) 'Maps, Myths,
and Gardens: Faithorne and Newcourt's Map of London (1658)'.
MEETING SPONSORED BY THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY
February 8. Lt Cdr Andrew David (Independent Scholar) 'The Cartography of
Bligh's Open Boat Voyage and his Two Breadfruit Voyages'.
March 1. Dr Renaud Morieux (Department of History, University of Lille 3)
'Naming the English Channel: What Maps Tell Us About Geopolitics Through the
Ages'.
March 29. Dr Michael Winstanley and William Shannon (Department of History,
University of Lancaster) 'Lord Burghley and Elizabethan Maps of Lancashire'.
April 26. Hugh Prince (formerly, Department of Geography, University College
London) 'Surveyor or Plagiarist? The Parks on John Warburton's Map of
Hertfordshire (c. 1724)'.
May 17. Jill Shefrin (Trinity College, University of Toronto) 'Nursery
Instruction: Cartographical Novelties for Georgian and Victorian Children'.
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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. 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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