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FFRPL presents "Books Sandwiched In" review of "The Library of Lost Maps" In-Person

The Library of Lost Maps: An Archive of a World in Progress by James Cheshire 

World-leading map maker James Cheshire’s discovery of a forgotten collection of maps at the University College London transports readers to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. “They hold thousands of maps and atlases of everything from cave networks to mountain ranges to capital flows to the surface of the moon. … The room is like a portal to the past …” — The Wall Street Journal

Presenter: Eric Ensley, PhD, MLS, is the recently appointed director of special collections at the University of Rochester, arriving from the University of Iowa where he was Curator of Rare Books & Maps.

Date:
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Time:
12:12pm - 12:52pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Central - Kate Gleason Auditorium
Library:
Central Library
Audience:
  Adults  
Categories:
  Department - Friends & Foundation     Book Talk  
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Registration is required. There are 40 seats available.

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