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  • Fri
    31
    May
    2019

    CARTO - CYMRU THE WALES MAP SYMPOSIUM

    9.30 AM -5.30 PMThe National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, Allt Penglais Hill, Aberystwyth SY23 BU

    This year’s symposium will concentrate on the work of Humphrey Llwyd, an appraisal of the work and influence of the father of Welsh cartography. Speakers will include: Keith Lilley, Professor of Historical Geography, Queen’s University Belfast; Joost Depuydt, Curator of Typographical and Technical Collections, Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp; and James January-McCann, Place Names Officer and Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. The symposium will also include guided tours of the Humphrey Llwyd exhibition by the curator Huw Thomas, together with a display of materials
    especially selected for the symposium by the Royal Commission in their Reading Room.

    https://rcahmw.gov.uk/event/carto-cymru-2019-humphrey-llwyd-inventor-of-britain/

    ***A bilingual event***

    ***Simultaneous translation provided***

    ***Admission by ticket to the morning presentations £10.00***

    ***Tea / coffee served during registration***