The European Mapping of Early New England
Date and Time
Saturday Nov 1, 2014
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT
Location
Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center
110 Pequot Trail
Mashantucket, CT 06338
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Contact Information
800-411-9671
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Description
Saturday, Nov. 1, 1-2:30 pm
The European Mapping of Early New England
Matthew Edney, Osher Professor in the History of Cartography, Univ. of Southern Maine, and director of the History of Cartography Project, Univ. of Wisconsin, lectures about 16th-18th century maps that Europeans made, and discusses the role of Native people in creating colonial knowledge of the landscape. $10 for the lecture/$5 Museum members. Museum admission is not required. Register by Oct. 29: (800) 411-9671 or rsvp@pequotmuseum.org.
