Antique Maps & Antique Prints News through Nov. 11, 2006

Antique Maps & Antique Prints Upcoming Events

November 3 - 4, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The William P. Cummings Map Society hosts a two-day conference with the theme Maps for the New Nation: Mapping and Cartography of the United States, 1776 - 1860. The conference meets at UNC - Chapel Hill in the Wilson Library.

November 11, Paris. The 5th Annual Paris Map Fair, Hotel Ambassador, 16 Boulevard Haussmann.


Antique Maps & Prints Exhibitions

For a list of upcoming exhibitions, please visit our Exhibitions Schedule.


Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs

November 4 - 5, Garden City, New York. Long Island Book & Ephemera Fair. Garden City Field House, 295 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, Long Island. For information, call 631-261-4590, or email flamingoshows@aol.com

Auction Calendar

November 7. Doyle, New York. Rare Books and Autographs.

November 8. Dominic Winter Book Auctions. Printed Books, Maps, Photography and Ephemera.

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Antique Maps & Antique Prints News through Oct 31, 2006

Antique Maps & Antique Prints Upcoming Events

October 22, Philadelphia. The Geographic Revolution in Early America. 2:00 pm. Hosted by the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Also on the day of the lecture, the currrent exhibition at the Rare Book Department, Unimaginable Coasts: European Exploration and the Conquest of the Americas, will be open to the public from 1:00 - 5:00 pm.
Call the Rare Book Department for more information at 215-686-5416. (Pre-registration required).

October 26 - 28, Washington, D.C. Annual Meeting of the Philip Lee Phillips Society. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Reading Room, Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue. Also on October 26, at 7:00 pm, Dr. John Rennie Short (Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County), will deliver a lecture entitled Cartographic Encounters in the New World. Dr. Short looks at the role of Native Americans in the exploration and mapping of North America. For more information on this important three- day event, contact pvanee@loc.gov or call 202-707-8534.

Antique Maps & Prints Exhibitions

For a list of upcoming exhibitions, please visit our Exhibitions Schedule.

Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs

October 21, Philadelphia. Philadelphia Antiquarian Book Fair. Fort Washington Expo Center, 1100 Virginia Drive, Philadelphia. For more information, call 214 757-1132.

October 22, Northampton, MA. Pioneer Valley Book & Ephemera Fair. Smith Vocational School, 80 Locust Street (Rt. 9), Northampton, Massachusetts. For more information, call 631-261-4590, or email flamingoshows@aol.com

October 27 -28, Houston, TX. Houston Book, Postcard & Paper Fair. Arabia Shrine Center, 2900 N. Braeswood, Houston, Texas. For more information, call 281-565-0771 or visit www.houstonshow.com

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Events, Exhibitions, Fairs, Auctions. Oct 8 - Oct 21, 2006

Antique Maps & Antique Prints Upcoming Events

October 12, Oxford. The Oxford Seminars in Cartography present Matthew Edney, (Director, History of Cartography Project, University of Wisconsin, Madison / Associate Professor and Faculty Scholar, Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education, University of Southern Maine, Portland), discussing Mapping Empires, Mapping Bodies: Reflections On The Uses and Abuses of Cartography. Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford. Board Room, 5-6:30 pm. Further info, email Nick Millea or call 01865 287119.

October 14, New York City. New York Map Society Meeting, at The New York Historical Society to view their map collection. 2:30 pm, 170 Central Park West, 2nd floor reading room. RSVP by email.

October 18, New York City. The Mercator Society Meeting, at the New York Public Library. Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 206. Begins at 6:00 pm. Please email Sarah Kimmerle or call (212) 930-0654 if you plan to attend.

October 19, Chicago. The Newberry Library. Barbara Mundy, Fordham University, presents Mapping the New World for the Spanish Kings, an illustrated talk on maps of Mexico drawn by indigenous artists. 60 West Walton Street. A reception at 5:30 pm precedes the talk at 6:00 pm.

October 19, Washington DC. The Washington Map Society. Meeting at 7:00 pm, Geography and Map Division, B level, Library of Congress, Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue. Maritime writer and lecturer Robert N. Macomber will present Taking You There: Using Original Maps & Charts to Tell a Tale. For more info, email Dennis Gurtz, or call 301-320-0500 x450.

Antique Maps & Prints Exhibitions

For a listing of upcoming exhibitions, please visit our exhibitions page.

Antiquarian Book & Map Fairs

October 14-15, Seattle, Washington. Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair. Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. 206-323-3999.

October 15, Long Island, New York. The Long Island Paper & Ephemera Show. Camelot Hall/Catapano Engineering Bldg. 585 Broadhollow Rd. (Rt. 110), Huntington, New York. info: flamingoshows@aol.com

Auction Calendar

October 17. Bonhams. Fine Books & Manuscripts.

October 18. Dorothy Sloan. Auction to Benefit the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming. The auction includes western Americana and maps.

October 19. PBA Galleries. Americana Exploration Sporting Natural History Cartography.


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