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| A Newsletter of the Texas Map Society Vol III No 2 Winter 2000 | ||
The engaging presentations at our meeting on October 7th
coupled with those of the Second Biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of
Cartography the day before have again caused me to think about how energized the interest
in maps—old, new, and diverse—continues to grow. Regional map societies abound,
with a new one currently forming in the Carolinas. In the next year there will be numerous
cartographic gatherings. Among them are the Miami International Map Fair on February 2-4,
2001; our TMS spring meeting at Texas Tech University in Lubbock on April 6-7 to see and
learn of its Southwestern and other holdings, including a unique Coronelli globe; the XIX
International Conference on the History of Cartography sponsored by Imago Mundi
in Madrid, Spain, on July 1-6; our TMS fall meeting back at UTA on October 6th
with a special exhibit from the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin;
and the International Map Collectors’ Society Symposium which is combined with the
Nebenzahl Lectures on the History of Cartography at the Newberry Library in Chicago and
the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on October 11-15, 2001. And as a special treat for
those of us in Texas, the first 2001 issue of Heritage Magazine will be an
expanded one devoted to Texas maps.
As you can see then, it will be a busy and rewarding year for those of us in love with maps. But that is the point. As we know and as our lectures and meetings underscore, maps are intriguing, complex, varied, beautiful, and fun, and thereby easy to love. Let us carry on and come together and revel in and feed our passion for maps. Let’s enjoy them to the fullest!
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