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9:15AM - 9:30AM | Informal Social Time
9:30AM | Welcome
President Ron Gibbs and Vice President Courtney Spikes
9:35AM | Evan Thornberry
Evan is the new Head & Curator of the David Rumsey Map Center at Stanford University. CMS warmly welcomes Evan who will provide an update on the Center, his vision moving forward, as well as news of upcoming events and exhibitions, along with a short Q&A.
10:00AM | Robert Headland
The Non-Existent Islands of the Southern Ocean
Robert Headland became involved in polar research in 1977 with the British Antarctic Survey. The Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, appointed him Archivist and Curator for 27 years during which he prepared Special Exhibitions and lectures. He became involved with the Antarctic Heritage Trust to maintain the huts from the early explorations. Robert’s major publication is ‘A Chronology of Antarctic Exploration’ and he is a member of the Institute of Historical Research of the University of London, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, former President of the Antarctic Club, and a recipient of the Polar Medal.
10:50AM | Break
11:00AM | Suzanne Knecht
Night Watch: Memoirs of a Circumnavigation
On March 21, 1997, a 42´ sloop sailed under Golden Gate Bridge into San Francisco Bay after a circumnavigation of the globe over the course of 2 years, 30,000 miles and over 30 countries. Night Watch: Memoirs of a Circumnavigation is Suzanne Knecht's record of that voyage, compiled from her letters and journal entries. Suzanne will share the intersection of maps and navigation, with her vivid account of the ever unpredictable experience of surviving at sea.
11:40AM | Chet van Duzer
Imagined Territories around the South Pole:
Exploring the Ring Continent on Early Globes and Maps
Early modern cosmographers, before any pre-discovery of Antarctica or Australia, believed that there must be a substantial landmass in the South to counterbalance the continents in the North. Sixteenth century globes and maps illustrate this remarkable geographical myth with a continent-sized landmass forming a ring around the South Pole. Chet shares his study of this hypothetical construct with early 16th century globes and world maps spanning the 1500s.
12:25PM | Announcements & Formal Closing of Conference
President Ron Gibbs and Vice President Courtney Spikes
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12:30 - 1:00PM | Break
1:00 - 2:00PM | Optional CMS Membership Map Share
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