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Dear Colleagues, Friends and Collectors, You are all invited to join us at the forthcoming London Map Fair: THE LONDON ANTIQUE MAP FAIR – 2011 at The Royal Geographical Society 1 Kensington Gore London, SW7 2AR United Kingdom SATURDAY 11th June 12.00 – 19.00 SUNDAY 12th June 10.00 – 17.00 (Free Admission) for full details visit : www.londonmapfairs.com Once again the prestigious venue of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) will host our June 2011 London Map Fair. This event brings together around 40 of the leading national and international map dealers as well as hundreds of visiting dealers, collectors, curators and map aficionados from all parts of the world. A fantastic selection of Original Antique Maps will be for sale, ranging in age from the 15th C. to the 20th C., covering all parts of the world and priced to suit all pockets: from £10 to £100,000. Exhibitors will also offer a large range of Atlases, Travel Books, Globes, Sea Charts, Town Plans, Topographical Prints, Reference Books and related ephemera. list of exhibitors: http://www.londonmapfairs.com/exhibitors.php Famous Cartographers and Publishers such as Ptolemy, Mercator, Ortelius, John Speed, Christopher Saxton, Blaeu, Jansson and many other important figures in the history of map-making will be well represented. LONDON MAP FAIR LECTURES: We’re pleased to announce that our guest speakers this year will be Laurence Worms and Ashley Baynton-Williams who will launch their Dictionary of British Map Engravers. (Saturday 11 June 2011 at 14.30 in the RGS Ondaatje Theatre, inside the RGS building)) Admission is free and is strictly on a first come first served basis. The RGS building is conveniently located at the edge of Hyde Park, next to the Royal Albert Hall and close to the Victoria & Albert Museum, Harrods, Knightsbridge and the West End. We would be grateful if you could circulate this information to your friends, colleagues and readers. Best wishes Massimo De Martini Antique Map Fairs Ltd Tel: 020 74910010 Email: [email protected] Website: www.londonmapfairs.com Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England at: 35 Saint George Street, London W1S 2FN, Registration number: 4941844 _______________________________________________ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
