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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear members of the Society and readers of its messages,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>Society for the History of Discoveries<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>56<sup>th</sup> Annual Meeting</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>July 8 (Wednesday) – July 11 (Saturday), 2015</span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>London, United Kingdom<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#0070C0'>Co-hosted by the School of Advanced Study at the University of London. </span></b><b><span style='color:#0070C0'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:red'>SCHEDULE IS NOW POSTED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:red'>ABSTRACTS ARE NOW POSTED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:red'>ACCOMMODATION SUGGESTIONS ARE POSTED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:red'>ONLINE REGISTRATION IS OPEN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:red'>EARLY BIRD PRICING ENDS APRIL 30<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>The </span><a href="http://www.sochistdisc.org/"><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>Society for the History of Discoveries</span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'> <b>will hold its</b> <b>Annual Meeting 2015 in London, United Kingdom</b>. <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>The scope of the Society's activities encompasses the discovery, exploration, and mapping of the earth's land and sea surface from earliest times to the present - the explorers and the explored. Fields of specialization thus include the history of European expansion, cartography, navigation, colonial settlement, biography, and bibliography.</span></strong><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>In addition to the <b>paper sessions</b> to be held at the Senate House of the University of London and the Conference Center of the British Library the Annual Meeting will be complemented by <b>excursions</b> to the </span><a href="http://www.rgs.org/HomePage.htm"><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>Royal Geographical Society</span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>, the Map Room of the </span><a href="http://www.bl.uk/"><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>British Library</span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>, and the </span><a href="http://www.rmg.co.uk/"><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>National Maritime Museum</span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'> in Greenwich.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>An updated program and <b><span style='color:red'>schedule</span> </b>of events and scheduled excursions, <b><span style='color:red'>abstracts</span></b> of the presentations to be made, <span style='color:red'>online-registration</span>, and suggested <b><span style='color:red'>accommodation</span> </b>close-by the paper session locations may be found at </span><a href="http://www.sochistdisc.org/2015_preliminary_schedule.htm"><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>www.sochistdisc.org/2015_preliminary_schedule.htm</span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'> <span style='color:red'>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:red'>NOTE THAT EARLY BIRD PRICING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH APRIL 30. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:red'>ON MAY 1, PRICING WILL INCREASE</span></u></b><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:red'>. If you plan to attend, please register soon to take advantage of this offer.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>The time and location of the Annual Meeting in London enables interested overseas delegates to attend conveniently back-to-back the </span><a href="http://www.ichc2015.be/"><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>26th International Conference on the History of Cartography</span></a><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'> in nearby Antwerp, Belgium, on July 12-17, 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:red'>As space is limited, especially on the various additional excursions and site visits, <u>we encourage interested persons to register as soon as possible</u>. </span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>Be sure to carefully read the information at </span><a href="http://www.sochistdisc.org/registration_notes.htm"><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>http://www.sochistdisc.org/registration_notes.htm</span></b></a><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:red'> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>prior to commencing registration.<b><span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>With warmest regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>Imre J. Demhardt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>James D. Matthews<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif'>Joint Chairs: Program Committee<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Posted by:</b> Thomas Sander<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SHD Web Content Manager<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>