You are cordially invited to our next Greenwich Maritime Research Seminar, run in conjunction with the National Maritime Museum
Wednesday, 30th November 2016, 4pm-5pm
University of Greenwich, QA065
by
Megan Barford, Curator of Cartography, National Maritime Museum
Royal Naval Hydrography and Marine Surveying, 1830-50
This paper will examine writing, record keeping, printing and publishing practices in and around the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, c.1830-50. In particular, it will explore the increasingly administrated nature of state hydrography, which in turn enables a better understanding of the key impulse in the field at this time: to provide ever-updated charts of ever–changing coastlines, in keeping with ideas of improvement which permeated 19th century discourse in many areas.
For more information please visit: http://www.gre.ac.uk/ach/gmc/seminar-series