Australian and New Zealand Map Society is a society for map producers, users, collectors and curators interested in maps.
Australia and New Zealand
Joined March 2013
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Join me 16-20 June for a crash course in the history of maps and mapping! 🗺️ 🌍 📚
We are excited to announce the launch of our well-loved @LondonRareBooks Summer School for 2025!
📖Discover a range of captivating courses on all things rare books!📖
Learn more and secure your spot here: buff.ly/4ejU2mT
#SummerSchool #RareBooks
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Happy #MappyMonday! Come along and hear from some of the Library’s curators as they reveal the tales behind the maps recently added to the Library’s collections.
🗺️ Curator talk: Every map tells a story
🗓️ Wednesday 13 November, 6–7pm
🎟️ Free, book here: ow.ly/MFYs50TYWb7
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Measuring 3 feet by 6 feet, this "monstrous" 17th century world map has lots of fascinating details if you just zoom in and take a look!
Zoom in closer here: loc.gov/resource/g3200.ct004…
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This map of New Zealand was one of many cartographic products of the first Russian circumnavigation of the earth in the early 19th century.
See it in the World Digital Library here: loc.gov/resource/gdclccn.201…
ALT Russian-language map of New Zealand showing the outline of the islands and some topography
ALT Detail of map showing the strait between the North and South Island
ALT Detail of map showing part of the North Island
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There is still time to submit an abstract for our 2025 Symposium and Workshop. Come join us in Paris this summer! For info and to submit an abstract: ishmap.com/ishmap-2025-paris…
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🌐 Need help with your mapping project?
Visit the @ANUCartoGIS website to explore GIS and mapping services available for ANU staff and HDRs!
cartogis.anu.edu.au/
@ANULibrary
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What’s Different about Map Making in the Nineteenth Century?
Mark your calendars now for the November 7th presentation from Matthew Edney, who will talk about the forthcoming Vol. 5 of The History of Cartography...
Meeting via Zoom at 7:00 ET on 11/7. Sign up at WMS website.
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All aboard for a journey through history! 🚂
The latest in our series, A History of Railways in 100 Maps, takes you from the first railways in England to those in fantasy literature, with 140 beautifully photographed maps from our archives.
bit.ly/BLShopRailways
ALT A copy of the book 'A History of Railways in 100 Maps' on an illustrated background showing a map of railway lines
ALT Example pages from the book 'A History of Railways in 100 Maps' on an illustrated background showing a map of railway lines. Text reads: Explore over 140 maps and ephemera from our cartographic holdings. From the railways of Russia to the world of Thomas the Tank Engine.
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Cambridge Seminars in the History of Cartography 24-25 programme now available: lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/de…
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Time for another @bodleianlibs #Maps blog from #MartinDavis marking today's closure of #Britain's last #coal-fired power station. Read more at: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps & note the transfer towards #renewables, with maps from the C18 to the C21. @bcsmaps @_BRICMICS @ISHMAP1
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ANN: @NewberryLibrary short term fellowship applications now available, incl A &J Holzheimer Fellowship/ History of Cartography for projects related to the history of cartography/ cartographic materials in the library's collection. for info and to apply: newberry.org/research/fellow…
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60,000 new maps, views, texts, titles, diagrams, globes, timelines and more have been added to search for Text on Maps - doubling to 120,000 items from the original 60,000 we started with a year ago. Over 175 million words indexed! Try searching for Cairo davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet…
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Check out this detailed map of Hwanghae province on the west coast of the Korean peninsula, part of modern North Korea. The abundant illustrated mountains give a sense of the terrain.
Zoom in here: loc.gov/resource/g7908h.ct00…
ALT Manuscript map of a rugged peninsula surrounded in part by water. Rivers, mountain chains, towns, and place names are shown
ALT Detail of map showing four prominent mountains and several chains of smaller mountains
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Our new research guide, from the Geography & Map and Rare Book & Special Collections Divisions, delves into Ptolemy's Geographia, a 2nd-century geographical work revived & revised in the Renaissance. Learn about the work & editions at LC!
Explore it here: guides.loc.gov/ptolemaic-atl…
ALT Screenshot of first page of research guide
ALT Diagram of the earth showing winds
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ANN: @bodleianlibs "Maps are too Exciting! Digital innovations in Cartography" symposium 10 Oct 2024. For schedule and info: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/even…
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The J.B. Harley Research Fellowships in the History of Cartography is a funding opportunity for anyone who wishes to work with historical map collections in the UK.
Deadline for applications is 1 November maphistory.info/harley.html
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Are you a member of @ISHMAP1? If so, join us online for a FREE symposium on 2 September on ‘Where Does Map History Go Now?’
Not a member? Join to stay in touch with all things mappy, get a discount on @imagomundiijhc and attend events like this one!
ishmap.com/where-does-map-hi…
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@imagomundiijhc and @ISHMAP1 join forces to have a conversation in London about the future of map history at the @RGS_IBG in early September. Event open online to @ISHMAP1 members. Join at ISHmap.Wordpress.Com!