American Revolution Era Map Lectures: October 25, 2014

The Library of Virginia will be hosting map lectures focused on American Revolution Era maps and atlases on October 25, 2014. Dr. Max Edelson and Dr. Martin Bruckner will be giving lectures starting at 1:00 PM.

Saturday, October 25, 2014

Map exhibition | 11:00 am

Lectures | 1:00 pm

Place | the Conference Rooms and Lecture Hall at the Library of Virginia

Special Collections Viewings 10:30 am & 11:30 am

Please call 804.692.3561 for reservations.

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Reading Maps in the Age of the American Revolution

by Dr. Martin Brückner, University of Delaware

This lecture recovers the art and science of “mappery” in early America. A rare

term revived during the Revolutionary decades, it meant the study of mapmaking

and map reading. Discussing a variety of maps owned by the Library of Virginia,

the lecture describes American encounters with popular maps and the practical

and symbolic role of map literacy in the age of revolution.

Reading Atlases from Both Sides of the American Revolution

by Dr. S. Max Edelson, University of Virginia

As the Revolutionary War began, London’s mapmakers published atlases that

put forward the idea of an interdependent Atlantic empire. At the same time,

the Continental Congress gathered together colonial maps to describe an

independent nation. Drawing on examples from the Library of Virginia’s map

collection, this lecture describes how Britain and the United States used maps

to picture the America they each sought to create.

This event includes a special oneday exhibition of Revolutionary-era maps beginning at 11:00 am. For more information and reservations, please call 804.692.3561 or visit

www.lva.virginia.gov/maps.