Mapping the Unknown: Cartographers' strategies for navigating uncertainty

Name: Mapping the Unknown: Cartographers' strategies for navigating uncertainty
Start: 2025-10-14T08:00:00+11:00
End: 2025-10-14T09:00:00+11:00
Location: Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2600

Schedule

Tue Oct 14 2025 at 08:00 am to 09:00 am

UTC+11:00

Location

Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2600 | Canberra, CT

Cartographic historian Chet Van Duzer discusses early modern maps and the methods used by map makers to indicate certainty and uncertainty about the accuracy of their maps.
Find out more and book here: https://www.library.gov.au/whats-on/events/mapping-unknown-cartographers-strategies-navigating-uncertainty

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Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2600

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Host or Publisher National Library of Australia

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