Presenter: Jim Cerny | Atlantic Neptune Chart
Date & Time: Sunday, January 19 @ 1:30 pm
(Snow date of January 26, same time, in the Hilton Garden Room on the second floor of the library. Call 207-558-5760 for event status in case of storm.)
Location: Levenson Room, Portsmouth Public Library, 175 Parrott Ave, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Cost: This event is free.
Join your friends for light snacks, conversation and a presentation by one of our board members, historian, and expert of historical maps and nautical charts, Jim Cerny. He will talk about one of the earliest maps of our region, the Atlantic Neptune chart.
Created in 1777, the Atlantic Neptune chart of the Piscataqua region was one of 179 maps that charted the Atlantic Coast in astonishing detail from Nova Scotia to New Jersey. The Atlantic Neptune was the most important collection of maps, charts and views of North America published in the eighteenth century. This talk looks at the Piscataqua map and what led to its creation.
Join us whether you are a current member or a “not-yet” member of ISHRA.
See you there!
ISHRA Board of Directors