Location
Online
Date
Apr 17, 2021
Time
06:30 PM EDT
Cost
Free
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Explore how 18th century cartography was vital to governing and expanding the British Empire, starting at Governor Shirley's Roxbury mansion
Garrett Dash Nelson, curator of the Boston Public Library's Leventhal Map & Education Center explores just how Boston, New England and the historic Shirley-Eustis House were situated in the British Empire's Northern Atlantic ambitions. Beautifully rendered and detailed historic maps from the 1700s reveal how Governor William Shirley and others tried to shape those ambitions
For additional information or assistance, contact the
Shirley-Eustis House Association
Email: director@shirleyeustishouse.org
Call: 617-442-2275
Registration limited to 75 participants
