'Mythical' Map Events at DPL

A sea pig, thought to live in the North Sea, as pictured on Olaus Magnus’s 1539 Carta Marina. Public Domain.

A sea pig, thought to live in the North Sea, as pictured on Olaus Magnus’s 1539 Carta Marina. Public Domain.
Maps have the power to guide, but they have also been known to mislead!
Join the Denver Public Library’s Western History & Genealogy Department and the Rocky Mountain Map Society in a celebration of “map myths”— features like sea creatures, cities, islands, and lakes which appeared on maps, but not on earth.
Events include two exhibits and a lecture series, which kicks off on Monday, May 2nd.
EXHIBITS:
Illusions, Delusions & Confusions
May 1–June 30
Denver Central Library,Western History and Genealogy Department
Mirage and Myth: Distorting Our Perceptions Through Maps
May 2–July 1
University of Colorado, BoulderJerry Crail Johnson Earth Sciences & Map Library
LECTURE SERIES:
Illusions, Delusions & Confusions: Rocky Mountain Map Society lecture series 
When: Series runs May 2-June 6
Where: Denver Public Library Conference Center, 10 14th Avenue Parkway. Programs start at 5:30 p.m.
Lineup:
May 2: Sea Monster of Olaus Magnus: Lore and Legacy of the 1539 Carta Marina presented by Joseph Nigg 
May 9: The Edges of the Earth in Herodotus’ Histories with John Gibert 
May 16: Mapmaking and Mythmaking: Persuasive Cartography at Work with P.J. Mode
May 23: Sea of the West: The Imagined Sea in the Heart of North America with Don McGuirk
May 23: The Enormous Mythical San Luis Lake of Colorado with Wes Brown 
June 6: Cartographic Myths of the American West with Christopher Lane
Information: detailed brochure available; rmmaps.org or 303-322-4757

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