The Voorhees Lecture on the History of Cartography announced below will take place on Saturday, April 18, 2015.

The map exhibition will be on display from 11:00 am-4:00 pm. The lectures will begin at 1:00 pm.





The 2015 Alan M. & Nathalie Voorhees Lecture on the History of Cartography features Dr. Susan Schulten, history professor and map scholar at the University of Denver, and Cassandra Farrell, map specialist at the Library of Virginia.



This event includes a special one-day exhibition of maps relating to the talks from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm and behind-the-scenes tours of the Library. Experts from Old World Auctions, specialists in antique maps from the 15th through 19th centuries, will provide free map evaluations, including information on authenticity, an estimate of value, and an assessment of condition. Old World Auctions will provide verbal evaluations, not written appraisals. Due to time constraints, participants are limited to one map evaluation each.

Speakers:

The Sectional Crisis and the Reinvention of Cartography by Susan Schulten, University of Denver

The sectional crisis generated tremendous attention to maps, as both sides raced to gather intelligence for a military conflict. But the crisis also prompted new and creative uses of cartography, particularly in the effort to map the strength of the rebellion. Maps of agricultural production and census data were designed to assess not just the landscape but also the population and its resources. These maps reveal much about the Union strategy in the secession crisis and the ensuing war, but they also introduced a fundamentally new approach to cartography that flourished thereafter.



Field of Battle: A Changing Landscape by Cassandra Farrell, map specialist at the Library of Virginia

Cassandra Farrell's presentation will highlight the different types of maps from the Library of Virginia's collections that were published, produced, used, and perused during and after the war, with special emphasis on recently acquired maps made for field use.



For more information, please visit http://www.lva.virginia.gov/involved/f-jms.htm or call 804.692.3900.







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