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A little space-saving re-formatting has been done in this fwd'd posting. FH -----Original Message----- From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope Sent: 02 June 2011 13:57 To: [email protected] Subject: Symposium: Bicentenary of Freycinet Map of 1811. Canberra, 19 June. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ANZMapS] Symposium: Bicentenary of Freycinet Map of 1811. Canberra, 19 June. Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 22:56:01 +0000 From: Brendan Whyte <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: AMC <[email protected]>, mapsL <[email protected]>, Carto-soc <[email protected]>, IAG list <[email protected]> Symposium: The Freycinet Map of 1811: The 200th Anniversary of the Publication of the First Map of Australia. Presented by the Australia on the Map Division of the Australasian Hydrographic Society, in association with the Embassy of France This year marks the bicentenary of the publication of the first map of Australia, compiled by French navigator and cartographer Louis de Freycinet. The map, published in Paris in 1811, showed the full outline of Australia three years before the publication of Matthew Flinders' "A Voyage to Terra Australia". This symposium is one of the highlights of the anniversary commemorations. Notable speakers include Emeritus Professor Margaret Sankey, Rupert Gerritsen, Professor Jean Fornasiero, Associate Professor John West-Sooby and Henry de Freycinet. Collection viewing included. Sunday 19 June, 11 am-4 pm National Library of Australia, Canberra Free!! Bookings: http://nla.eventbrite.com or 02 6262 1271 Symposium: The Freycinet Map of 1811 - 200th Anniversary of the Publication of the First Map of Australia, 19 June 2011. Program 10.45 Participants Arrive for Commencement at 11.00 11.00 Welcome - Rupert Gerritsen (Chair, AOTMD of AHS) - Master of Ceremonies 11.02 L'Ambassadeur de France, His Excellency M. Michel Filhol - Opening Address 11.10 Patron of AHS, Vice Admiral Chris Ritchie - "World Hydrography Day 2011" 11.18 Presentation of "AHS Media and Literary Achievement Award" by Vice Admiral Ritchie 11.21 Keynote Speaker - Emeritus Professor Margaret Sankey - "The cartography of the Baudin expedition: Louis de Freycinet's map of New Holland" 12.06 Questions and Discussion 12.26 Lunch Break and Viewing of Exhibited Material 1.26 Participants to Resume Seats - Moderator - Dr Martin Woods (Curator of Maps, NLA) 1.35 Professor Jean Fornasiero and Associate Professor John West-Sooby - "Cartography as Narrative: The Maps of the Baudin Expedition". 2.00 Wolf Mayer - "Baudin's naturalists: The earliest survey of the fauna, flora and geology of Australia's coastal regions, on land and in the sea: 1801 - 1803." 2.25 Greg Eccleston - "The Baudin expedition and the mapping of Bass Strait." 2.50 Henry de Freycinet - "The de Freycinets, explorers, and their role in French history." 3.15 Peter Reynders and Rupert Gerritsen - "How do we know the Freycinet Map was the first full map of Australia to be published?" 3.40 Plenary Session - Questions and Discussion - Panel of Speakers 4.05 Final Remarks and Close (Martin Woods) 4.10 Finish _______________________________________________ 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
