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Details, for your diaries, of the first two talks in the next series.
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'MAPS AND SOCIETY'
The Warburg Institute
Sixteenth 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] >.
2007
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November 1. Dr Keith Lilley (Department of Geography, Archaeology and
Palaeoecology, Queen's University Belfast). 'Mapping the Realm: New
Perspectives on the Gough Map of Great Britain (c.1280-c.1360)'.
November 29. Dr Margaret Small (History, Keele University). 'Complementing
the Text: The Maps of G. B. Ramusio's Navigazioni e Viaggi (1554-1559)'.
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See < http://www.maphistory.info/warburgprog.html > for details of the
further six talks in 2008. This page 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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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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Tony Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
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