Priyamvada (Priya) Natarajan recounted the evolution of celestial map-making and showed how maps literally track our ever-evolving cosmic view, tracing our understanding of the universe, its contents, and its development.
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Talk by pictorial cartographer Anton Thomas on his hand-drawn map of North America. Anton Thomas began drawing a pictorial map of North America in 2014 and, four years later, it is finally finished. With thousands of features from Alaska to Panama, and hundreds…
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Best-selling author, editor, and map collector Colin Harrison’s latest novel, “You Belong to Me,” features a protagonist who is a devoted collector of the maps of New York City — as is Mr. Harrison.
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Field Trip to the NY Historical Society for a private tour of “Mapping America’s Road from Revolution to Independence”
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“’With Savage Pictures Fill their Gaps’: On Cartographers’ Fear of Blank Spaces,” by noted map historian Chet Van Duzer.
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“Trail Maps Then & Now: Looking Back at 100 Years of Mapping Trails,” by cartographer Jeremy Apgar.
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Kitty Harmon presents a visual survey of highlights from the NYPL’s illustrated map collection. Spanning 180 years, the selected maps reflect the artistry and inventiveness of their creators.
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Chet Van Duzer’s “New Light on Henricus Martellus’s World Map (c. 1491) at Yale: Multispectral Imaging and Early Renaissance Cartography”
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Connie Brown’s “Making Manuscript Maps” seminar! The first 20 RSVPs (preference given to members) received no later than April 20 will had the opportunity to make a manuscript…
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