July 2-5, 2009 - Burlington, Vermont As part of the Quadricentennial of Samuel de Champlain's exploration of Lake Champlain, Champlain College will host an international academic symposium. Scholars from the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences are invited to participate in this event. The theme of the celebration, When the French Were Here, invites the broadest possible consideration of Samuel de Champlain's achievements, his life, and of his world as a cultural, social and ideological context. Paper topics may include the following, while not limited to these few: Life and achievements of Samuel de Champlain, France at the time of Samuel de Champlain, Exploration of the New World - background, Navigation history, Military history, Social history, Maps and mapmaking, Contact of civilizations, Previous centennial celebrations, "New France" and "New England," and History, geology and culture of Lake Champlain. Please direct all questions about papers to Professor Willard Sterne Randall or Professor Nancy Nahra at Champlain College, 163 South Willard Street, Burlington, VT 05402. The deadline for abstracts will be October 1, 2008.
July 4, 2009 - Makati City, Philippines The Philippine Map Collectors' Society will meet 3.30 pm- 5:00 pm at the Yuchengco Museum, RCBC Plaza, Corner Ayala and Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenues. Dr. Leovino Ma. Garcia will speak about Early maps of the Philippines.
July 8, 2009 - New York Join Dr. Eric Sanderson, author, and Markley Boyer, illustrator, of Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City (Abrams, 2009) to hear the inside story of the science and visualization of Manhattan Island 400 years ago. Lecture is at 6:30 pm at Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue. Learn how historical maps, geographic ecology, habitat networks, and 3-D visualization were linked together to provide an unprecedented look at Mannahatta, the island of many hills, in comparison to the city that never sleeps. Presented in conjunction with Mannahatta/Manhattan: A Natural History of New York City. Reservations required. Order tickets online or call 212.534.1672, ext. 3395. Members of the International Map Collector's Society may call and request reservations at the Museum member price.
July 11, 2009 - Mason, Texas The Mason Square Museum, 103 Fort MacKavitt, will present a new exhibit of Rare Maps of America and the lands that are now Texas. Today at 1 PM, as a special Roundup event, museum curator John L. Davis will discuss the origin of the name "Texas" and the changing shape of Texas' boundaries over three hundred years - as shown on maps and in the dreams of kings and governors.
July 11, 2009 - New York The New York Map Society Third Annual Summer Social will again be an informal round-robin discussion in which each member is invited to be one of our speakers. Tell us about your specific interests, share your suggestions for interesting meeting topics, and any other ideas that would help to improve our Society. Meeting will be at the New York Public Library Auditorium, Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, starting at 2:30 pm. Board members will report on the recent Waldseemüller meeting at the Library of Congress, on our programs for the Fall/Spring season, and on the Society's web site. And then, we hope members and guests will join us at the Oyster Bar in nearby Grand Central Station for more socializing - drinks, snacks, dinner - your choice, depending on your taste and budget.
July 12-17, 2009 - Copenhagen Due to the difficulties of navigating the Far North, the early cartography of the region has been
characterized by a blurring of the boundaries between fact and fiction, and a strong interplay between textual sources and cartography.
These traits will be the subject of Maps, Myths and Narratives: Cartography of the Far North - the focus of the 23rd International
Conference on the History of Cartography. Conference venue is the new 'Black Diamond' building of the Royal Library. Two optional
pre-conference meetings have been scheduled for Saturday, July 11:
(1) The biennial meeting of the International Society of Curators of Early Maps (ISCEM) between 9 and 12:30 in the Black Diamond
Building of the Royal Library. Contact Bob Karrow if you plan to attend.
(2) A session organised by the International Cartographic Association (ICA).
An optional post-conference tour has been arranged to ruins of Tycho Brahe's observatory Uranienborg on the Island of Hven on
Saturday, July 18.
Pre-registration is available online or from Henrik Dupont, Research Librarian, Department of Maps, The Royal Library, Slotsholmen,
POB 2149, DK-1016 Copenhagen K.
July 13, 2009 - Blue Mountain Lake, New York The Adirondack Museum Library, Rt. 28N & 30, owns the largest collection of historical Adirondack maps in the Adirondack Park. Among the library's collection are rare examples of eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth century published and manuscript maps. Join us for a rare behind the scenes tour of this unique collection and an exploration into Adirondack history. Brown Bag Lunch - Mapping in the Adirondacks from 12:00 to1:30 p.m. For reservations please call 518-352-7311 ext. 181.
July 20-24, 2009 - London The Institute of English Studies in the University of London will run the London Rare Books School, a series of five-day, intensive courses on a variety of book-related subjects to be taught in and around Senate House, which is the centre of the University of London's federal system. Dr Catherine Delano-Smith and Sarah Tyacke are the principle lecturers for a course History of Maps and Mapping. Additional lecturers are Peter Barber, Professor Roger Kain, and Laurence Worms The course is suitable for historians, art historians, geographers, students of literature, librarians, archivists, map dealers. Each class will be restricted to a maximum of twelve students and registration forms are available online.
July 24, 2009 - Tokyo In conjunction with the exhibit Maps of the World and Japan that are on display at Thematic Exhibition Room, Heiseikan, Tokyo National Museum, 13-9 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, there will be a Gallery Talk Japan and the World: Maps from the Edo period. The talk (in Japanese) by Tarashima Satoshi, Curator of Japanese History, will be in the Thematic Exhibition Room, Heiseikan at 18:30.
July 26, 2009 - London A celebration of Thomas Harriot's achievements in astronomy will be held at Syon House in west London. It is 400 years since he observed the Moon using a telescope at Syon. His work most likely predates that of Galileo, and the International Year of Astronomy 2009 gives us the long overdue opportunity to recognise his work. The celebration will include an exhibition of copies of Harriot's moon maps and drawings of sunspots as well the work of other astronomers. The day will include the opportunity for Solar viewing (weather permitting) and family activities.
July 27-31, 2009 - London The Institute of English Studies in the University of London will run the London Rare Books School, a series of five-day, intensive courses on a variety of book-related subjects to be taught in and around Senate House, which is the centre of the University of London's federal system. Dr Catherine Delano-Smith and Sarah Tyacke are the principle lecturers for the course Maps and Mapping in the 19th and 20th Centuries: Society, Nation, Empire, War. Additional lecturers are Dr Christopher Board, Dr Peter Collier, Professor Roger Kain, Dr Alastair Pearson, and Professor Charles W J Withers. The course is of relevance to all historians and map historians, geographers, students of literature, librarians, archivists, map dealers, and suitable also for those interested in modern mapping and associated historical studies. Each class will be restricted to a maximum of twelve students and registration forms are available online.
July 30-31, 2009 - Swansea This interdisciplinary colloquium, held at Swansea University to mark the completion of the Arts and Humanities Research Council funded research project Mapping Medieval Chester, will launch the digital materials produced by the project and provide a forum for wider discussion of place and identity in the medieval city, as well as concepts of 'mapping' in the Middle Ages and today. The colloquium will feature papers on medieval Chester, but we are also seeking inter-disciplinary contributions relating to the medieval city more generally. The 'Mapping Medieval Chester' project has brought together scholars working in the disciplines of literary studies, geography, archaeology and history to explore how material and imagined urban landscapes construct and convey a sense of place-identity. The focus of the research project itself is the city of Chester and the identities that its inhabitants formed between c.1200 and 1500. A key aspect of the project is to integrate geographical and literary mappings of the medieval city using cartographic and textual sources and using these to understand more how urban landscapes in the Middle Ages were interpreted and navigated by local inhabitants. We hope the colloquium will use our research on Chester as the basis for broader discussions centering on the project's themes, methods and theoretical preoccupations. Additional information from Mark Faulkner.
August 18-20, 2009 - Singapore The Asian region is forging a path of development and economic growth as a function of establishment of infrastructural capital. The region demands and offers scope for application of the various Geographic Information technologies like GIS, GPS, Remote Sensing and Imaging To meet the requirements of the Geo-informatics community in the Asian region, every year Map Asia raises a platform for the Asian Geo-informatics community to realize, recognize, and reveal the stages of dissemination of Geospatial Information. Map Asia leverages an international initiative aimed to provide an apt platform for the convergence, sharing and use of Geospatial technologies. Map Asia 2009 will be held at Suntec International Convention & Exhibition Centre. Additional information from Mr. Niraj, Tel: +603 - 21447635, Fax: +603 - 21447636.
August 23-27, 2009 - Kyoto The 14th International Conference of Historical Geographers will be held at Kyoto University. Among the several conference themes are "Digital humanities and historical GIS," and "Mapping, surveying and geographical knowledge." See the web page for additional information.
August 26-28, 2009 - Manchester The Royal Geographical Society-with IBG Annual International Conference 2009 will be held at City Departments of MMU and UoM. The 3-day event is the perfect opportunity to find out about the latest research and network with more than 1,000 geographers from around the world. The theme is "Geography, Knowledge and Society," and the chair is Stuart Lane, Durham University, Telephone: +44 (0) 191 33 41818; Fax: +44 (0)191 33 41801. A session entitled "Cartographies of Inclusion and Exclusion" is organized by Dr Heather Winlow, Bath Spa University. The session will focus on the relationships between state mappings and identity construction across various geographical locations.
September 6-9, 2009 - Oslo The theme of the 27th international symposium of the International Map Collectors' Society - and the
first ever in Norway - is The Mapping and Exploration of Norway and the North. Following the format of several successful
IMCoS symposia, an opening reception on Sunday, September 6, will be followed by three days of programs, which will conclude
with a gala dinner. Half of each day will be devoted to a formal speaker session, with a social/cultural program in the other half. The
venue for Monday and Wednesday mornings is the National Library, where the talks will focus on earlier exploration and mapping.
We are fortunate that an exhibit on "Travel Routes to the North," with manuscript and printed maps, will be on display at the National
Library at this time. Tuesday, we shall travel to the State Mapping Authority in Hønefoss, about 50 kilometers outside Oslo, where we
will learn about the practical aspects of map making, particularly as it applies to Norway. In addition to seeing some of the rare,
hand-drawn material that is the basis of the modern mapping of Norway, guides will take us through the Authority's museum of old
surveying and cartographic instruments. The afternoon visits include the Viking Ship Museum, the Kon-Tiki Museum, and the Fram
Museum. The last houses the Fram, the ship that was built for Fridtjof Nansen for his journey to the North Pole that sailed from
Norway in 1893. Seventeen years later, the same ship headed for Antarctica under the leadership of Roald Amundsen. Our gala
dinner will take place on the deck of the Fram! We will also visit the Munch Museum. Although we have struggled to find a
cartographic connection, we believe that no trip to Oslo would be complete without seeing the masterpieces of Norway's most
international painter.
The official Symposium hotel is The Grand Hotel, located centrally on Karl Johan, the main walking street of Oslo, that runs between
the Parliament and the Palace. The Grand Hotel is rich in tradition, having opened in 1874 and successful since the days of Henrik
Ibsen, who was a regular in its Grand Café. Today, the hotel is "home" for winners of the Nobel Peace Price. In addition to the
Grand Hotel, the Symposium will offer other choices of accommodation.
The optional post-Symposium tour takes participants to the north of Norway, where they will have the opportunity to see and
experience some of Norway's unique beauty. The group will fly on Thursday, September 10, to Tromsø, which lies north of the
Arctic Circle. After visiting the University Library and the Polar Museum, guests will board "Hurtigruten," the coastal steamer, for a
journey to Trondheim. The trip along Norway's beautiful west coast, known for its fjords, has made the Hurtigrute one of Norway's
best known and most popular attractions - to visitors and Norwegians alike! The tour ends with a sightseeing tour of Trondheim on
Sunday, September 13, and a return to Oslo.
Additional information from Pål Sagen, P.O.Box 3893, Ullevål Stadion, NO-0805 Oslo, Norway; phone: +47 2233 3650, fax: +47
2233 3651.
September 7-9, 2009 - Southampton The University of Southampton is the venue for the 45th Annual Summer School of the Society of Cartographers. The programme will be of interest for all involved in all aspects of the subject, with its well-established mix of lectures, workshops, visits and social gatherings. Themes for the conference are: Symbolization; Routing; 3D mapping; Crowdsourcing data; Transport mapping; Emergency mapping; and Mapping for Wikispaces. Workshop themes are: Google maps mashups; OS OpenSpace API; Openlayers. If you wish to present a paper, offer a workshop or suggest some content could you please contact the programme coordinator Steve Chilton, phone 0208 411 5355. For further conference information please contact Alex Kent.
September 9-12, 2009 - Edinburgh The Map Curators Group of the British Cartographic Society will meet 9-10 September at the
Map Library, National Library of Scotland, Causewayside Building, Salisbury Place. This year's theme is From Paper to Screen:
Putting Maps on the Web, and we have three days of interesting and useful talks and demonstrations, visits, and other cartographical
delights planned for you.
*Wednesday 9 September: join us for six talks about making your map collection accessible to the world on the internet and about the
possibilities for putting index maps on the web. Our speakers are from Britain and Europe, and include people doing cutting edge
work in these areas: Rod Adkins (OLDUKMaps.com); John Davies (member of the Charles Close Society and Soviet mapping
specialist); Bruce Gittings (Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh); Peter Levi (Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam); Petr
Pridal (technical manager of OldMapsOnline.org, Moravian Library, Brno, Czech Republic); and Benjamin Pucknus (Map Curator,
RCAHMS, The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives and University of Würzburg, Germany). Following the talks we will hold the MCG's
annual Business Meeting, and then delegates are invited to a wine reception and private viewing of an exhibition of the Bartholomew
Archive, now housed at the National Library of Scotland.
*Thursday 10 September: Chris Fleet (National Library of Scotland) and Petr Pridal will host a morning demonstration on putting
maps on the web. In the afternoon there is a choice of visits to The Aerial Reconnaissance Archive (TARA) at the Royal Commission
for Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) or the British Geological Survey's Edinburgh office, followed by a
guided walking tour of Edinburgh's historic map and book printing sites. Join us in the evening for a meal and some collegial
networking at a local Italian restaurant.
*Friday 11 September: a coach will take us to Perth, where the Royal Scottish Geographical Society will be our hosts. We'll have a
presentation and tours of their new headquarters and the Fair Maid's House, future home of the RSGS collection and exhibitions.
There will be a lunch break and time for walkabout in town.
*And for those who can't get enough about maps, The Charles Close Society for the Study of Ordnance Survey Maps is planning an
Edinburgh programme for Saturday 12 September.
Please see our brochure with full details and our booking form or direct online booking. There is a specially priced offer for those
wishing to attend the entire MCG event, and a la carte options as well. Early bird booking closes on 31 July and all booking closes on
21 August, so reserve your place now! Additional information from Ann Sutherland, Convener, BCS Map Curators' Group.
September 22-24, 2009 - Karlsruhe The German Society for Cartography will hold its annual Deutscher Kartographentag [German Cartographic Conference] in Karlsruhe.
September 12, 2009 - New York The New York Map Society will attend the exhibition Mannahatta/ Manhattan: A Natural History of New York City. at the Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue, at 2:30 PM. The NYMS has arranged for a guided tour of the exhibit. Additional information from Fred Shauger, Vice President, or Heather Kensinger, Secretary.
September 24, 2009 - South Berwick, Maine This month's meeting of the Old Berwick Historical Society will be at 7.30 pm at the Berwick Academy, 31 Academy Street. Matthew Edney of the Osher Map Library will speak about The Colonial Definitions of the Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire Boundaries.
September 24, 2009 - Washington The Washington Map Society meets at 7 PM in the Geography and Map Division, B level, Library of Congress, Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue. Edward Papenfuse, Archivist of the State of Maryland and Stuart Raphael, of the law firm Hunton & Williams will discuss the Maryland-Virginia boundary issues and the Supreme Court Case: Virginia v. Maryland (US 2003). Stuart represented Virginia and Ed still believes that the Supreme Court was wrong in its verdict! Learn how the Dennis Griffith and Fry-Jefferson and other maps were used in arguments of this case. For further information, contact Dennis Gurtz, 301-926-1743.
October 1-4, 2009 - Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France The 20th International Festival of the cartography of Saint Dié will be about Géographie des mers.
October 3, 2009 - Arlington The Texas Map Society will meet at Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library. Contact Kit Goodwin for additional information.
October 11-13, 2009 - Raleigh, North Carolina The Society for the History of Discoveries will hold its 50th annual meeting immediately follow the October 9-10 seminar John Lawson: a Carolinian's Life & Times commemorating the 300th anniversary of the publication of John Lawson's "A New Voyage to Carolina." Both meetings will be in the same venue, the North Carolina Museum of History.
October 13-14, 2009 - London The International Academic Projects Ltd is an international educational charity whose aims are to help promote education, training and research into conservation, archaeology, anthropology and other related fields. Professional development courses are offered throughout the year. The courses, led by international experts, often address very particular types of knowledge or skills. One course is Globes : History, Technology and Conservation offered at National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Tutor: Sylvia Sumira and Paul Cook. This 2 day course in association with the National Maritime Museum covers the history and technology, deterioration and methods of preservation and conservation of terrestrial and celestial globes from England and other parts of Europe. There will be lectures, discussions, and practical sessions with access to the important collection of globes housed at the National Maritime Museum. Course is limited to 12 people, and registration is required. Contact International Academic Projects, 6 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 5HJ; Tel: Int +44 207 380 0800 Fax: Int +44 207 380 0500.
October 15-18, 2009 - Portland, Maine The reopening of the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, at
the University of Southern Maine, features the following events:
1) opening on October 15 of the exhibition, American Treasures
2) a public lecture and reception on the evening of October 16. John W. Hessler (Senior Cartographic Librarian, Geography and
Map Division, Library of Congress) will speak about Thoreau's Cartographic Explorations: Imaging Nature through Maps in the
Hannaford Lecture Hall, Abromson Center, at 7pm. Henry David Thoreau is famous as the author of "Walden" (1854), "The Maine
Woods" (1864), and other classics of American transcendental literature. Less well known is his work as a land surveyor in Concord,
Mass., work that allowed him to examine nature at length and in detail. Still unexamined is his interest in the early European maps of
North America. Thoreau gave a brief history of the mapping of New England in his "Cape Cod" (1865). He also carefully redrew to
scale maps by Champlain, Wytfliet, Ortelius, and other early writers on the New World for his unpublished "Canadian" and "Indian"
notebooks. Mr. Hessler's recent identification of two copies of Champlain's maps as being Thoreau's handiwork has led him to
investigate this hitherto unappreciated aspect of Thoreau's life and works, and to locate other map copies by Thoreau now missing
from the notebooks. These cartographic explorations, especially with respect to the recording of indigenous toponyms, informed
Thoreau's notions of the American wilderness and his environmental imagination. This lecture is the first public presentation of this
exciting, new research.
3) a conference, New Directions in the Study of Early American Cartographies, on October 17 with presentations by four
scholars who pursue new and exciting directions in the study of mapping of early America (pre-1840). Jean-François Palomino
(Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec) co-author of La mesure d'un continent / Mapping a Continent (Sillery, Québec,
2007). William Gustav Gartner (Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison) author of Mapmaking in the Central
Andes in The History of Cartography vol. 2.3 (Chicago, 1998). Max Edelson (Department of History, University of Virginia) author
of Plantation Enterprise in Colonial South Carolina (Harvard, 2006). Lina Del Castillo (Department of History, Iowa State
University) author of The Science of Nation Building: A History of Geographic Sciences in Colombia, 1821-1921" (University of
Miami, 2007).
4) a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house, with guided tours, on the afternoon of October 18.
For more information contact Matthew Edney, Osher Chair. Conference registration is available online.
October 17, 2009 - Knokke-Heist, Belgium This year's excursion of the Brussels International Map Collectors' Circle will take us to the Sincfala - Museum van de Zwinstreek's collection of coastal maps of Belgium. F. Theerens the curator will introduce us to coastal maps that changed so often during the religious wars of the 16th century. He will demonstrate how the Zwin region changed as a result of polder formation and urbanisation during the 19th-20th century. After lunch a visit can be organised of the remaining Retranchement forts. The visit will be limited to 20 participants, and preference will be given to paid-up BIMCC members. Non-members may be admitted if places remain available. Additional information from Eric Leenders.
October 17, 2009 - New York The New York Map Society will meet at the New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street. September 2009 marks 400 years since Henry Hudson sailed into New York Harbor and up the Hudson River, almost to what is now Albany, performing detailed reconnaissance of the Hudson Valley region. The New York Public Library's exhibit Mapping New York's Shoreline, 1609-2009 celebrates the Dutch accomplishments in the New York City region. Matt Knutzen will speak about the exhibit and give a guided tour. Members of the Boston Map Society and Washington Map Society will be invited to attend this meeting.
October 17, 2009 - Winston Salem, North Carolina The Old Salem Museums & Gardens, 600 South Main, Saturday Seminar this week will focus on Mapping the Early South. Speakers will include Margaret Pritchard of Colonial Williamsburg and Henry Taliaferro of Cohen & Taliaferro, LLC. They co-authored a superb book on the topic of colonial cartography, "Degrees of Latitude." Participation is limited. Pre-registration is required to ensure a place. To register or receive a brochure, contact Martha Ashley at 336-721-7360.
October 22, 2009 - Washington The Washington Map Society meets at 7 PM in the Geography and Map Division, B level, Library of Congress, Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue. Joel Kovarsky will speak about Foreshadowing Manifest Destiny: The Cartographic and Geographic Vision of Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson has been called an American Sphinx, American Synecdoche, architect, archaeologist, geologist, climatologist, ethnographer, linguist, philosopher and more. On a few occasions he has been called a geographer, and is only known to have published one book and a single map. This vastly understates his involvement with geography and maps: Jefferson was a student of and study in geography. Geography and cartography were necessary elements of his political career, and foundational elements of many of his intellectual pursuits. He had one of the finest libraries and working collections of American geography in the world. His geographic vision, and the maps that helped foster that vision, was as expansive as almost anyone at the time. His architectural drawings and manuscript land surveys are further evidence of his cartographic talents. He was an integral player in the early plans for the city of Washington, D.C., and was involved at the inceptions of the Public Land Survey and U.S. Coast Survey. For further information, contact Dennis Gurtz, 301-926-1743.
October 27, 2009 - Edinburgh Our next Scottish Maps Forum Seminar, to be held in the National Library of Scotland, will be on the theme of Mapping and Antiquities in Scotland. This seminar brings together several themes concerned with the portrayal of antiquities on maps. Maps are key tools in representing and understanding ancient structures, and over time, the same antiquities have been represented in quite different ways.The morning sessions will examine particular map-makers at different points in time. Matthew Shelley describes the value of early maps, especially by Pont and Blaeu in understanding crannogs and island dwellings in Scotland. Steve Boyle looks at estate mapping of Lochtayside in the latter 18th century and its value for archaeological purposes today. Yolande Hodson draws on her unrivaled knowledge of William Roy, to examine his mapping of Roman antiquities in Scotland in the latter 18th century. In the afternoon, the focus will be on a very broad range of themes connected to the Antonine Wall, awarded World Heritage Status last year. Lawrence Keppie will review the range of early mapmakers of the Antonine Wall, whilst John Poulter will look at the arly Roman surveying of the Wall. Peter McKeague and Rebecca Jones will look at 20th century surveys, fieldwork and mapping debates connected to the Antonine Wall coming through to the present day. Booking forms and further information are available from the Map Library, National Library of Scotland, 33 Salisbury Place, Edinburgh EH9 1SL; tel 0131 623 3970, fax 0131 623 3971.
November 5, 2009 - London Maps and Society Nineteenth Series Programme - Professor Richard Talbert (Department of History, University of North Carolina). The Artemidorus Papyrus and Its (ancient ?) map of ... where... ?- at University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB, at 5.00 pm. Admission is free and each meeting is followed by refreshments. All are most welcome. This lecture series in the history of cartography is convened by Dr. Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library) and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute). The 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. Enquiries to +44 (0) 20 8346 5112 (Catherine Delano Smith) or Tony Campbell.
November 7, 2009 - Paris The 8th Paris Map-fair at Hotel Ambassador, 16, Bd Haussmann. opening hours 11.00 - 18.00.
November 14-15, 2009 - Oxford The Department of Continuing Education, Oxford University, will offer a course Maps for Archaeologists. Maps can act as invaluable sources of information for archaeologists, revealing to the trained eye the way that the landscape has changed. Using maps as a resource helps us to understand the way that maps are made. This introductory course explains some of the fundamental concepts of mapping, and provides an exploration of what maps can offer archaeologists. As well as an overview of British map history, the programme will include practical exercises in map scales and map interpretation, a look at GIS and archaeology, and an escorted visit to the Bodleian's Map Room. Places are strictly limited to 20, so early booking is advised.
November 15-21, 2009 - Santiago, Chile The mission of the International Cartographic Association is to promote the discipline and profession of cartography in an international context. The 24th International Cartography Conference will address The World's Geo-Spatial Solutions. The meeting will be held at Escuela Militar del Libertador Bernardo O`Higgins (Liberator Bernado O'Higgins Military School). For additional information email or phone 56 - 2 -4109369 or 56 - 2 - 4109422.
November 19, 2009 - Washington The Washington Map Society meets at 7 PM in the Geography and Map Division, B level, Library of Congress, Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue. Earl McElfresh will present a study of the mapping of the Gettysburg Campaign that brings into sharp relief one of the seldom remarked yet critical features of the Civil War. The legendary élan of the Confederate armies and commanders, particularly the cavalry, depended to a great extent on their working environment. They were operating on their own turf. The population was friendly and the ground was familiar. The Union forces faced a hostile population and unknown terrain and had to rely entirely on hastily prepared maps. The Confederate incursion into Maryland and Pennsylvania reversed the scenario. The Union army now had the "home front" advantage. The Confederates had to rely on hastily prepared maps. The effect of this change and the insights it provides into the overall conduct of the war, as revealed by a study of the Gettysburg campaign, is the subject of this presentation. For further information, contact Dennis Gurtz, 301-926-1743.
November 24, 2009 - Cambridge, England The Cambridge Seminar in the History of Cartography 2009-2010 meets at 5.30 pm in the Harrods Room, Emmanuel College, St Andrew's Street. Dr Frances Willmoth (Jesus College, Cambridge) will speak about Jonas Moore's map of the Fens, 1658. Refreshments will be available after the seminar. For any enquiries, please contact Sarah Bendall, Emmanuel College, Cambridge CB2 3AP; Tel. +44-1223-330476, Fax +44-1223-762793.
December 3, 2009 - London Maps and Society Nineteenth Series Programme - Dr Carla Lois (Universidad de Buenos Aires; Universidad Nacional de La Plata) Toponymic Landscapes: Ways of Seeing Patagonia in Early Argentinean Maps - at University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB, at 5.00 pm. Admission is free and each meeting is followed by refreshments. All are most welcome. This lecture series in the history of cartography is convened by Dr. Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library) and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute). The 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. Enquiries to +44 (0) 20 8346 5112 (Catherine Delano Smith) or Tony Campbell.
December 4, 2009 - Paris The history of cartography commission of the Comité français de cartographie (CFC) is planning a one-day colloquium on the following theme: Cartography and Urban Society (from the19th century to the present). The colloquium will take place at the University of Paris XII (Créteil-Université subway), and contain a dozen presentations. The morning will be devoted to historical work, and the afternoon to investigate the current representations of the city. As is customary CFC contributors are teachers and researchers, but all students or professionals producing maps and/or Geographic Information System products. The purpose of this seminar is to examine selected aspects of the methods and objectives of mapping in terms of spatial and social structures of the city. Additional information from the coordinators Gilles-Antoine Langlois, lecturer, University of Paris XII, Department of Geography or Marianne Guérois, assistant professor, University of Paris XII, Department of Geography.
December 5, 2009 - Brussels The Brussels International Map Collectors' Circle Conference: Exploratory Cartography, from Heaven to Earth. After an introduction by Caroline and Paul De Candt we will take you with A.H. van Gent through the celestial map world by Cellarius. The morning might end with an imaginary cartographic exploration. During the afternoon Imre Demhardt (U.S.A.) will enlighten you over the travels of Alexander von Humboldt in the 18th century. Wulf Bodenstein will accompany through the white spots on the map of black Africa (19th century). Asia will not be forgotten. Further details will be announced. Additional information from Eric Leenders.
December 10, 2009 - Washington The Washington Map Society meets at 7 PM in the Geography and Map Division, B level, Library of Congress, Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue. Gary North will present Marie Tharp: The Lady Who Showed Us the Ocean Floors. Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen of the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University are best known for creating the first maps of the ocean floors. Bruce sailed the oceans collecting the data and oversaw the projects, but the person who turned the Precision Depth Recordings and other geoscience data into the two-dimensional views of the bottoms, was Marie. Meticulously she sketched the features that comprise the ocean floors, aligned the data according to the orientations of the fracture zones, and identified volcanoes, earthquake zones, faults and sea mounts. Marie's discovery of the trench in the middle of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and her linkage of the major crustal plates for 40,000 miles around the Earth, showed us, and thus confirmed, the concept of plate tectonics and crustal movement. For the "non-drifters" of the time, this was a somewhat revolutionary concept which eventually erupted in conflicts, suspensions, and academic rivalry within Columbia. How Marie came to her place in history, what she was like and how her life unfolded are the subjects of this talk. For further information, contact Dennis Gurtz, 301-926-1743.
January 21, 2010 - London Maps and Society Nineteenth Series Programme - Alexander Johnson (Department of History, University of Exeter). Board of Trade and Its Cartographic Agenda in British North America, 1748-1782 - at University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB, at 5.00 pm. Admission is free and each meeting is followed by refreshments. All are most welcome. This lecture series in the history of cartography is convened by Dr. Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library) and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute). The 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. Enquiries to +44 (0) 20 8346 5112 (Catherine Delano Smith) or Tony Campbell.
January 30-31, 2010 - Miami The Miami International Map Fair, the oldest event of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, will be held at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami, Florida 33130. Dealers from around the world exhibit and sell antique maps. Visitors are invited to bring in maps of their own for expert opinions and attend educational programs. While many of the attendees are serious map collectors, this event is building awareness of antique maps and encouraging new collectors. For information and registration materials, contact Marcia Kanner, Map Fair Coordinator, at the Historical Museum of Southern Florida using the above address or by telephone at (305) 375-1492; facsimile: (305) 375-1609.
February 18, 2010 - Washington The Washington Map Society will visit the Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 East Capitol Street SE, to view its map collection with WMS member Dr. Erin Blake, the Library's Curator of Art and Special Collections. For further information, contact Dennis Gurtz, 301-926-1743.
February 23, 2010 - Cambridge, England The Cambridge Seminar in the History of Cartography 2009-2010 meets at 5.30 pm in the Harrods Room, Emmanuel College, St Andrew's Street. Laurence Worms (Ash Rare Books) will speak about Seller, Pepys and the late-seventeenth-century London map trade. Refreshments will be available after the seminar. For any enquiries, please contact Sarah Bendall, Emmanuel College, Cambridge CB2 3AP; Tel. +44-1223-330476, Fax +44-1223-762793.
February 25-26, 2010 - Liverpool Mapping, Memory and the City is an International Interdisciplinary Conference to be held at the University of Liverpool, School of Architecture / School of Politics and Communication Studies. This conference invites a re-evaluation of the role of maps and mapping practices in cultural explorations of urban space and memory. For enquiries and further details contact Dr Les Roberts or Dr Ryan Shand.
February 25, 2010 - London Maps and Society Nineteenth Series Programme - Captain Michael Barritt, RN (Vice-President, Hakluyt Society). "Practical Men of Science": Operational Surveys in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the Emergence of RN Hydrographic Specialisation - at University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB, at 5.00 pm. Admission is free and each meeting is followed by refreshments. All are most welcome. This meeting is sponsored by the Hakluyt Society. This lecture series in the history of cartography is convened by Dr. Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library) and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute). The 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. Enquiries to +44 (0) 20 8346 5112 (Catherine Delano Smith) or Tony Campbell.
March 18, 2010 - London Maps and Society Nineteenth Series Programme - Dr Alexander Kent (Department of Geography, University of Southampton). Landscape or Blandscape? Exploring Cartographic Style in European Topographic Maps of the 20th Century - at University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB, at 5.00 pm. Admission is free and each meeting is followed by refreshments. All are most welcome. This lecture series in the history of cartography is convened by Dr. Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library) and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute). The 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. Enquiries to +44 (0) 20 8346 5112 (Catherine Delano Smith) or Tony Campbell.
April 15, 2010 - London Maps and Society Nineteenth Series Programme - Dr Adam Mosley (Department of History and Classics, University of Swansea). Cosmography and Cartography: Their Relationship Revisited - at University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB, at 5.00 pm. Admission is free and each meeting is followed by refreshments. All are most welcome. This lecture series in the history of cartography is convened by Dr. Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library) and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute). The 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. Enquiries to +44 (0) 20 8346 5112 (Catherine Delano Smith) or Tony Campbell.
April 29, 2010 - London Maps and Society Nineteenth Series Programme - Dr Chet Van Duzer (Independent Scholar). Settling Disputes through Cartography in Fourteenth-Century Palma de Mallorca: The Map of the Siquia Aqueduct - at University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB, at 5.00 pm. Admission is free and each meeting is followed by refreshments. All are most welcome. This lecture series in the history of cartography is convened by Dr. Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library) and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute). The 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. Enquiries to +44 (0) 20 8346 5112 (Catherine Delano Smith) or Tony Campbell.
May 4, 2010 - Cambridge, England The Cambridge Seminar in the History of Cartography 2009-2010 meets at 5.30 pm in the Gardner Room, Emmanuel College, St Andrew's Street. Rachel Hewitt (University of Glamorgan) will speak about the History of the Ordnance Survey. Refreshments will be available after the seminar. For any enquiries, please contact Sarah Bendall, Emmanuel College, Cambridge CB2 3AP; Tel. +44-1223-330476, Fax +44-1223-762793.
May 27, 2010 - London Maps and Society Nineteenth Series Programme - Dr Sandra Sáenz-López Perez (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Madrid). European Encounters with 'the Other' in Sixteenth-Century Cartography - at University of London, Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H OAB, at 5.00 pm. Admission is free and each meeting is followed by refreshments. All are most welcome. This lecture series in the history of cartography is convened by Dr. Catherine Delano Smith (Institute of Historical Research, University of London), Tony Campbell (formerly Map Library, British Library) and Alessandro Scafi (Warburg Institute). The 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. Enquiries to +44 (0) 20 8346 5112 (Catherine Delano Smith) or Tony Campbell.
June 8-10, 2010 - Berlin The German Society for Cartography will hold its annual Deutscher Kartographentag [German Cartographic Conference] in Berlin.
Autumn 2010 - Sante Fe, New Mexico The Society for the History of Discoveries will hold its 51st annual meeting. Details to come.
October 2010 - Arlington The Texas Map Society will meet at Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library. The provisional conference title is Charting the Cartography of Chartered Companies. Contact Kit Goodwin for additional information.
October 4-6, 2010 - London The International Map Collectors' Society will hold its 28th international symposium. Theme will be Britain - Power and Influence in the 17th and 18th Centuries. The symposium will be held in partnership with the National Maritime Museum, and the second day will be in Greenwich. The first and third days will be held in central London at the Welcome Collection Conference Centre. Visits are planned to the British Library, the Guildhall Library, Greenwich Observatory and the National Archives. A pre-symposium tour is planned.
July 3-8, 2011 - Paris The mission of the International Cartographic Association is to promote the discipline and profession of cartography in an international context. The International Cartography Conference will be held this year in Paris.
July 10-15, 2011 - Moscow The 24th International Conference on the History of Cartography will be held in Moscow.
Autumn 2011 - Japan The International Map Collectors' Society is planning to hold its 29th international symposium in Japan.
Autumn 2012 - Ontario The International Map Collectors' Society is planning to hold its 30th international symposium in Canada.
July, 2013 - Helsinki The 25th International Conference on the History of Cartography will be held in Helsinki