Event Type: Previous Meetings

Current paid members of the New York Map Society are invited to reserve one of up to 15 spots for a visit to the map-filled Manhattan apartment of society members Kathleen & Joseph Porder.

Saturday, October 28, 2:00 – 4:00 pm: current paid members of the New York Map Society are invited to reserve one of up to 15 spots for a visit to the map-filled Manhattan apartment of society members Kathleen & Joseph Porder. “The strengths of our map collection: Ortelius, Mercator/Hondius, early regional Americas, and New York City. Our town views include those by Braun and Hogenberg, Piranesi’s views of Rome, and many other early town views. First emailed to kapochunas@gmail.com, first served.

Hybrid: The Philip Lee Phillips Society (PLPS) will have two meetings at the Library of Congress.

Thursday, October 26, 3:00 – 4:00 pm, and 7:00 – 8:00 pm New York (ET) time (two meetings), Hybrid: The Philip Lee Phillips Society (PLPS) will have two meetings at the Library of Congress.

The first presentation will be given by Ernesto Capello (Professor, History Department, Macalester College) on the allegorical, commercial, and political uses of Mapping Mountains. The second presentation will feature Edward Brent Lane (Fellow of Global Heritage Economics, Global Research Institute, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) on John White’s 1585 Map of the North Carolina Outer Banks.

The Role of Maps in Films about Exploration and Discovery: Some Latin American Examples

Arranged with the assistance of the Rocky Mountain and Texas Map Societies; sponsored in partnership with California, Chicago, New York, Philip Lee Phillips, Rocky Mountain, and Texas Map Societies. The Role of Maps in Films about Exploration and Discovery: Some Latin American Examples. Speaker: Richard Francaviglia, Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at Arlington; currently Associated Scholar, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon

New York Map Society (members only) Field Trip to Columbia University’s Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Courtney Chartier, director of Columbia Libraries’ Rare Book & Manuscript Library, will lead the NYMS on a tour of the Rare Book  Manuscript Library, where she will highlight some key pieces from the collection.

Key West and the Florida Keys: Mapping the History of the Conch Republic

Wednesday, June 14, 7:00 pm New York (ET) time on Zoom: “Key West and the Florida Keys: Mapping the History of the Conch Republic”.

Much of that history is represented in maps, charts, and tourist brochures, which are featured in the Tampa Bay History Center’s latest exhibition in the Touchton Map Library – Key West and the Florida Keys: Mapping the History of the Conch Republic.

Private tour of Arader’s beaux-arts townhouse, for Members-Only, of the New York Map Society

Saturday, May 13, 2:00 pm New York (ET) time, In-Person: Jonah Rosenberg, head of rare books for Arader Gallery at 1016 Madison Ave., will host a private tour, for Members-Only, of the New York Map Society. Jonah looks forward to welcoming members of the New York Map Society for a tour of Arader’s beaux-arts townhouse. The public is not ordinarily permitted above the third floor, but this tour will include the whole of the house, from the fifth floor (with maps by Ruysch, Cimerlinus, Valk, Gastaldi, Hubbard and Price inter alia) down.

Member Field Trip to Fordham University’s Special Collections

Up to 20 New York Map Society 2023 members, only, will meet at 10:45 am in Fordham University’s Walsh Family Library lobby, 441 E Fordham Rd, The Bronx, NY 10458. We will review maps in a conference room with Special Collections Librarian Gabi/Gabriella DiMeglio, and then quietly and individually view New Amsterdam maps on display in the Reading Room.  Per University requirements, all visitors will have to show photo IDs and proof of Covid vaccination to show guards at the campus gates.

Behold the Mapmaker: Cartographic Self-Portraits

Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Behold the Mapmaker: Cartographic Self-Portraits. The lives of early modern cartographers are poorly documented compared with those of contemporary writers and painters, yet a source for insights into the lives of cartographers—the self-portraits that they sometimes include in their maps—is largely unexplored. These self-portraits are an important part of the social history of cartography, of how cartographers chose to present themselves; they also function as visual signatures, guarantees of quality, and expressions of pride.

Open-Source Maps: Mapping the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

THURSDAY March 16, 2023. Open-Source Maps: Mapping the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.This briefing will focus on the Institute for the Study of War’s open-source methodology as their team collects, processes, analyzes, and interprets data that supports their maps and written prose assessments. The brief will also present analytical decisions ISW has made on how they structure maps, what they show and do not show, how they do source characterization, caveat confidence levels, and leverage remote sensing technology.

February In-Person Members-Only “Show & Tell”/Social Hour

We’re excited to tell you about our first in-person members-only “Show & Tell” and Social Hour since December 2019. Saturday, February 11, 2023, 2:00 – 4:00 pm at Ned Davis’ map-filled Manhattan apartment. First come, first served, for 2023 paid members only, with a limit of 10 presenters and a total of 20 attendees. Your society will pick up the cost of appetizers, soft drinks, wine and beer.