Next Wednesday, The Greystones is hosting an evening with the author David Desi Pub Dason. Indian food and pubs, what a fantastic combination! Guest beers from White Rhino Brewing Co. Tickets available by calling The Greystones on (0114) 2665599, or online here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/desi-pubs-a-…

Come and join us for this weeks Teatime Talk Online - "Mapping My World” Justin Colson talks about insights into the mapping of Layers of London Date: 17 October 2024 Time: 6:45 PM UK Please see your members email to sign up or become a member for access bit.ly/4ey99d3

Save the date: 7 November at 7:00 PM ET... Matthew Edney: "Update on History of Cartography Project, Volume 5, Nineteenth Century" Sign up here: washmapsociety.org/event-5860764 And here is one of Edney's favorite 19th century maps: Mark Twain’s 1870 Map of the Fortifications of Paris

🚨 PUBLIC CONSULTATION ALERT 🚨 Join us on 6 November University of Bradford for your chance to find out more about the 'Mapping Bradford's History' project and to tell us what fascinates you about the city's vibrant past. Free tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/mapping-brad… Please share!

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Terrain cross-sections were common on 19th century maps. A preview of the upcoming Matthew Edney lecture on at the November 7th WMS meeting. Sign up at washmapsociety.org Check out David Rumsey to zoom in on this 1866 map of a proposed Honduran Interoceanic Railway.

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Join us for a From the Vault collections showing highlighting Indigenous geographies and guest curated by Amira Madison, the Supporting Indigenous Communities Fellow at the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics. This free showing will be hosted Friday, 11/1 from 2:00PM - 4:00PM.

🧭Join Sara Caputo to understand how cartographical tracks came into being at next week's Monday night lecture. 📍 Society or stream online, 11 November 👉 Book now rgs.org/events/upcomin…

Many thanks to our judging panel for all of their hard work this afternoon! A quick reminder that the #BGBW24 shortlist will be announced tomorrow morning, so don’t forget to head over to our Instagram page at 9am.

Humbled & thrilled that ‘Drink Maps in Victorian Britain’ has been short listed for the British Guild of Beer Writers beer/pub Book of the Year! Today I’m pairing it with beers from The Orkney Brewery Bodleian Publishing UChicagoPress #BGBW24 British Guild of Beer Writers Congrats to all finalists!

I saw this on an FB ephemera group and thought of Drink Maps in Victorian Britain and her lovely book (which I really enjoyed!) This item is described as: “Pre Prohibition 1887 broadside to vote against owner having a brewery in Maine”

How to scream “I’m not from here” without saying a word. #FerryToIsleOfWight

Action from this morning's Bodleian Libraries #SpecialCollections coffee morning. Debbie Hall presenting on her new #AdventuresinMaps book from Bodleian Publishing with focus on #Rockall, road maps & #Billericay. BRICMICS British Cartographic Society @ISHMAP Stanfords

Daring turkey parade the week before Thanksgiving in Cambridge, MA today. Watch out delivery people! Turkeys chase them and have even attacked. I’m told they have a WhatsApp group to warn each other as the pack moves.

"Mapping the Commonwealth" tells the story of VA’s 1st official state map. View the exhibition at LVA & stop by the Virginia Shop to get map goodies! Or shop online 24/7 at thevirginiashop.org. Exhibition info edu.lva.virginia.gov/mapping-the-co… #MappingTheCommonwealth #shoplocal

The next WMS meeting will feature Dr. Neal Asbury & Dr. Jean-Pierre Isbouts for an illustrated discussion of their book "Mapping the Holy Land" Wednesday, December 04, 2024 7:00 PM, EST Register here: washmapsociety.org/event-5860779