J. C. McElveen: “Herman Moll and John Senex: Mapping North America in the Early 18th Century (from the British Point of View)"

Arranged with assistance of Rocky Mountain Map Society. Sponsored in partnership with California, Chicago, New York, Philip Lee Phillips, Rocky Mountain, and Texas Map Societies.

Location: Zoom

Time:  7:00 pm ET/6:00 pm CT/5:00 pm MT/4:00 pm PT

Title: Herman Moll and John Senex: Mapping North America in the Early 18th Century (from the British Point of View)

Speaker:  J. C. McElveen, retired lawyer, Jones Day; past president of Washington Map Society; and current Vice Chair, Philip Lee Phillips Map Society, Library of Congress

Summary: In the early 18th century, when European empire building in North America started to accelerate, mapmakers in various European countries began to produce maps with several messages other than purely geographic ones.  Those messages included how much of the land mass was claimed by various countries; how inviting the land was for settlement; and where and how the indigenous people lived.  Two of England's best known early 18th century mapmakers - Herman Moll and John Senex - did their part in producing this "spin", and this talk will describe some of their efforts.

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