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Lena Denis: “The Foundation and the Gateway: What Maps Show and Hide about Baltimore and American History"

  • Thursday, June 16, 2022
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Zoom

Sponsored in partnership with the Boston, California, Chicago, New York, Philip Lee Phillips, Rocky Mountain, and Texas Map Societies

(Arranged with the assistance of the Boston Map Society)

Location: Zoom

Time:  7:00 pm ET/6:00 pm CT/5:00 pm MT/4:00 pm PT

Title: The Foundation and the Gateway: What Maps Show and Hide about Baltimore and American History

Speaker:  Lena Denis, Geospatial Data, GIS, and Maps Librarian, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

To our modern eyes, maps are a straightforward abstraction of geographic space and how to navigate within it. However, the history of mapmaking as we know it is deeply entwined with the rise and fall of empires, religious and territorial wars, and the ever-present quest to count, house, and tax populations. A virtual tour of the JHU Sheridan Libraries Map Collection reveals Baltimore as a city where maps reveal all these stories, and many more.


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RSVP to John Docktor at washmap@gmail.com to receive the Zoom meeting ID and passcode.


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