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TMM Library at the Vorhees Lecture

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Des Barres Atlantic Neptune
A detail from the Library's copy of Atlantic Neptune, by Des Barres

We have commented in these pages on the great privilege it was to exhibit some of the Library’s beautiful charts of the Chesapeake Bay at the Library of Virginia for the Vorhees Lecture of theFry-Jefferson Map Society. The lecture took place last Saturday Mar. 31, and we worked diligently last week to select examples of the best of our maps and charts. It was hugely fun and a welcome break from the routine.

Thanks to the generosity of the Virginia Cartographic Society, we were able to take reproductions of 3 of the very rare maps collected by Bill Wooldridge, a great friend of the Library and a dedicated student and collector of maps. We selectedColom’s New Netherlands map of 1658,Dudley Old and New Virginia mapfrom book 6 of theDell’ Arcano del Mare(1646), and the William Heather 1812 chart of the Chesapeake Bay.Read more

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Come for the Lectures, Stay for the Maps

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A digital version of Robert Dudley's map. Come to the event to see the original!

最近我的许多博客玛莉特•ime news, particularly the Costa Concordia disaster. While these stories are very important, I am pleased to be able to share with you readers some exciting news. The Mariners’ Museum Library has been granted the great honor of displaying some of our rare maps and charts at the upcoming Alan M. & Nathalie Voorhees Lecture on the History of Cartography,presented by theFry-Jefferson Map Society.

The Fry-Jefferson Map Society is a foundation affiliated with the Library of Virginia. The Society’s mission is “to develop, enhance and promote the cartographic collections of the Library of Virginia”. The Fry-Jefferson Map Society annually presents the Alan M. & Nathalie Voorhees Lecture on the History of Cartography to help accomplish that mission. This year will feature two lectures, entitled “Chesapeake Change: four centuries of shifting venues” and “Impacts of Rapidly Rising Sea Levels on the Erosion of the islands and low-lying areas of Mid-Chesapeake Bay”, as well as cartography exhibits.Read more

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Secrets in the Stacks, November 2

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Celestial Map of the Southern Hemisphere

Join us at the Library at noon on November 2 for this month’s Secrets in the Stacks.

Library Director Mary Sellen will discuss the 1660 atlasHarmoniaMacrocosmicaby Andreas Cellarius. The presentation will focus on the 20 maps from this title that are in the Library’s collections. Topics will include cosmology, geography, printing, and art. Be sure to stop by and see another spectacular item from our collections. While you’re here, check out our current exhibitThe Intersection of Art and Science, which features a few of the celestial maps from Cellarius’ atlas.Read more

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Secrets in the Stacks

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Join us tomorrow, Wednesday September 7, at noon for this this month’s Secrets in the Stacks. Tom Moore, Senior Curator of Photography and Photo Archivist, will share the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation Collection. This extraordinary collection of photographs visually illustrates the role of Newport News as one of the major military Ports of Embarkation during World War II.

On December 7, 1941, war came to America with the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In a few short months, the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation was activated. A giant natural harbor, Hampton Roads served the nation as a military port in the Spanish-American War and World War I. During World War II, port headquarters was established here in Newport News and the port ranked third in the nation, after New York and San Francisco, in volume of troops and war materiel shipped to both Europe and the South Pacific. The urbanization of Newport News since the 1940s has erased many of the landmarks that defined the area at the time, and most of us would not recognize very many of those which remain. The important role of the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation in the war effort will be highlighted by this amazing collection of images.Read more

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Secrets in the Stacks

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The Mariners’ Museum Library invites you for a walk into the museum’s past. Please join Jennifer Anielski for a Secrets in the Stacks that will have you saying, “ I remember when …” as we look at photographs of the museum and park from yesteryear. As an added bonus, a few faces of the past may appear as well.

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, August 3rd at noon.Read more

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