Category: Alumni
29 May, 2008
6:30 PM
- 8:30 PM
Contact Information
Alex Zukas
Phone: 858-642-8461
Email: azukas@nu.edu
Details
Dr. James Akerman of the Newberry Library in Chicago, a nationally recognized expert on the popular use of maps by Americans, will discuss the use of travel maps by Americans from the 18th through the 20th centuries, on Thursday, May 29, 2008, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Wangenheim Room at the San Diego Public Library, Downtown Branch, 820 E Street, San Diego, CA 92101.
The title of Dr. Akerman's talk is "Mapping a Nation in Motion: A Brief History of American Travel Cartography." Parking is free at the 5-Star lot on the southeast corner of Broadway and 8th Street for those who mention the event, thanks to a generous donation by Paul Chacon of 5-Star Parking.
Dr. Akerman is the Director of the Hermon Dunlop Smith Center for the History of Cartography at the Newberry Library in Chicago. His most recent books include the edited volumes Maps: Finding Our Place in the World (2007) and Cartographies of Travel and Navigation (2006), both published by the University of Chicago Press.
Funding for this event was provided by the Automobile Club of Southern California (AAA). For more information, contact Alex Zukas at azukas@nu.edu.
Sponsored By
The National University Center for Cultural and Ethnic Studies and the San Diego Public Library
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