A What Line?
According to wikipedia, our newletter's name is a synonym for a loxodrome, a line crossing all meridians (latitudes) at the same angle. More details (and a hint about our logo) can be found at the web site of Instituto Camões.
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Coming Events
This section provides brief information to New York Map Society members and other site visitors about events that may be of interest. However, these events are not sponsored by the Society. The New York Map Society's own meeting schedule is given on our Meetings page.
September 12-14, 2010
Society for the History of Discoveries
51st Annual Meeting
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Visit the Society website for complete meeting details.
September 15, 2010, 6:00 pm
Hand Drawn Map Association
From Here to There
New York Public Library
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018
Margaret Liebman Berger Forum
Second Floor, Room 227
Association founder Kris Harzinski, with Matthew Rodriguez and Will Haughery, will talk about their book, From Here to There: A Curious Collection from the Hand Drawn Map Association, followed by a book signing at the New York Public Library.
Visit the New York Public Library's Classes, Programs & Exhibition web page for more details.
September 23, 6:00—8:00 pm
Hand Drawn Map Association
Pratt Manhattan Gallery
144 West 14th Street
New York, NY 10011
The exhibition “You Are Here: Mapping the Psychogeography of New York City” opens at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery. Curated by Katharine Harmon, it features works by a variety of contemporary artists who map the emotional landscape of the city. The Association's contribution includes a selection of maps from its members. The exhibition continues through 6 November, 2010
October, 2010
Third International Symposium on the History of Cartography:
Charting the Cartography of Chartered Companies
University of Texas at Arlington
in conjunction with:
- the Seventh Biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography (Friday, 8 October 2010),
- the Fall Meeting of the Texas Map Society (Saturday, 9 October 2010),
- a Special Map Exhibition in the gallery of Special Collections at the University of Texas at Arlington,
- technical and social excursions.
The Symposium is organized by ICA (International Cartrographic Association), in collaboration with the Chair in the History of Cartography at the University of Texas at Arlington, Special Collections at UTA Library, and the Texas Map Society. The Symposium is open to all cartographers, geographers, historians, map collectors, academics and lay persons interested in the history of cartography, especially—but not restricted to—the period from the mid-18th to the mid-20th centuries.
See the ICA web site for further details, registration information, etc.
October 28, 2010 at 6:30 pm
George Washington's America:
A Biography Through His Maps
New-York Historical Society Library
5 West 76th Street
$20/general admission, $10/members
Historian Barnet Schecter's presentation includes a special display of selections from the Library's collection of Erskine-DeWitt manuscript maps, drawn by George Washington's cartographer to guide him in battle. Mr. Schecter will transport us to the scenes of Washington's most dramatic exploits and remarkable achievements—from the French and Indian War to the American Revolution to the highest elected office in the new republic. From his teens until his death, maps were always central to Washington's work, and after his death, many of his most important maps were bound into an atlas that remained in his family for many years. Accompanied also by slides, Schecter crafts a singular portrait of our first Founding Father.