[HistMap-List] Reminder: Map Month continues May 14, 2019 with Wesley Brown lecture

[Naomi E Heiser]

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The Rocky Mountain Map Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the study and appreciation of maps and other items of cartographic interest.  The Society was formed in 1991 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Visit us at www.RMmaps.org/<http://www.rmmaps.org/>



Tuesday, May 14, 2019 - Wesley Brown
"The Cartographic Roots of Colorado: 1540 to 1861"



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The discovery and exploration of the place that became Colorado is revealed on maps from 1540 to 1861. The story is told in six chapters: the mythical mapping of New Spain, mapping the Rio Grande valley in the 1600s, discovery of the Mississippi valley and the western plains, new Spanish expeditions from Santa Fe into Colorado in the late 18th century, official government expeditions of the early 19th century, and the 1859 gold rush that puts Colorado on the map.

Wesley A. Brown has been a collector, student, and scholar of old maps for thirty years. A Denver resident, he co-founded the Rocky Mountain Map Society in 1990. He has served as a collection advisor for the Library of Congress and the Denver Public Library.




5:30 PM at Denver Public Library

Conference Center Room B2

Free and open to the Public


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Naomi Heiser
Jerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library
CB 184 University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309
303-492-4966
naomi.heiser at colorado.edu<mailto:naomi.heiser at colorado.edu>
http://www.colorado.edu/libraries/libraries/earth-sciences-map-library

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