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History of Discoveries - Society interested in geographical discovery, voyages of exploration, cartography
Description
The Society for the History of Discoveries was formed to stimulate interest in teaching, research, and publishing the history of geographical exploration. Founded in 1960, the Society includes members from several academic disciplines as well as archivists, non-affiliated scholars, and laypersons with an interest in history. Fellows (or Honorary Fellows) of the Society will have distinguished themselves by scholarship or service; those honored thus far are John Parker, David Beers Quinn, Norman J. W. Thrower, Virginia Garrett, Jenkins Garrett, Arthur Holzheimer, Barbara Backus McCorkle and Louis De Vorsey. The scope of the Society's activities encompasses the discovery, exploration, and mapping of the earth's land and sea surface from earliest times to the present - the explorers and the explored. Fields of specialization thus include the history of European expansion, cartography, navigation, colonial settlement, biography, and bibliography.
The Society's program of publications includes Terrae Incognitae, a journal of research papers and book reviews published annually since 1969, and five volumes in the series Studies in the History of Discovery, published jointly with the Newberry Library. In addition, the spring Newsletter reports current and planned activities of the Society's members and general news related to the history of cartography, discovery, and exploration. The Annual Report is issued in December.
Annual Meetings (sometimes held jointly with kindred societies such as the Hakluyt Society), are generally held in the fall and are two or three days in duration. They afford members an opportunity to present, hear and discuss papers on subjects in their fields of specialization; most also include visits to, or participation in, nearby points of interest and events. Click here for information on past and future meetings.
Contact
- Societyforthe History of Discoveries
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- Alpharetta GA
- United States 30005
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- +1.9999999999
