Lectures in the history of cartography convened by Catherine Delano Smith (Institute
of Historical Research, University of London) and Tony
Campbell
(formerly Map Library, British Library). Meetings are held at the
Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London, Woburn
Square, London WC1H OAB, at
5.00 pm on selected Thursdays. Admission is free and each meeting is
followed by refreshments. All are most welcome. Enquiries: +44
(0)20 8346 5112 (Catherine
Delano Smith) or Tony Campbell < t.campbell(at)ockendon.clara.co.uk
> [NB. You need to
replace (at) with the @ symbol].
THIRTEENTH SERIES
Programme for 2003-2004
2003
October 30. Dr Tom de Wesselow (King's College, Cambridge) 'Turning like the world': Henry III's
1239 mappamundi and the Winchester Round Table.
November 13. Jean-Marc Besse (Chargé de recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris) 'Embrasser la terre d'un seul coup d'oeil': The First Parisian Georamas.
November 27. Matthew Champion (Independent Landscape Archaeologist and Heritage Consultant, U.K.) William Cuningham's Cosmographical Glasse (1558/9) and its Influence on Sixteenth-Century English Urban Cartography.
2004
January 22. Professor James Raven (Department of History, University of Essex) Mapping the London Book Trades: St Paul's Churchyard, Paternoster Row and Fleet Street in the Eighteenth Century.
Sponsored by The Hakluyt Society
February 12. Professor Felipe Fernández-Armesto (Professorial Fellow, Department of History, Queen Mary,
University of London) Maps and Exploration Revisited: Problems in European Cartography in
the Sixteenth Century.
March 18. Christopher Fleet (National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh) Analysing
Image Colour and Content to Infer Map Authorship: A Case Study of the Blaeu Atlas of
Scotland and its Sources.
April 22. Dr Zur Shalev (Princeton University) The Church Cartographical:
Propaganda and Controversy in Early Modern Ecclesiastical Mapping. {Please note that
this is a change to the programme}
May 27. Dr Scott Westrem (City University of New York) Calculation,
Delineation, Depiction, Inscription: the Practicalities of Medieval Mapmaking.
