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'Maps and Society' Lectures

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].

For the location, see the online map provided by Streetmap (the Warburg Institute is by the S of 'Square')

SIXTEENTH SERIES

Programme for 2006-2007

2006
October 19. Dr Robin Woolven (London Topographical Society) 'The London County Council Bomb Damage Maps 1939-1945'.

November 23. Malcolm G.H. Bishop (Independent Scholar) 'The 1518 Map in Sir Thomas More’s Utopia: Dentistry Solves the Mystery'.

2007
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'.

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.

If you have a convenient noticeboard, please print off a display copy of the programme