2024 Symposium: Mapping the Indian Ocean World: From Ancient Times to the Present
State Library of New South Wales, 1 Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
WEDNESDAY 1 MAY 2024
8.45 am–9.15 am – Registration and coffee
9.15–9.30 am – Welcome: Dr Caroline Butler-Bowdon, CEO, State Library of New South Wales
SESSION 1
Moderator: Martin Woods
9.30–10.25 am – Keynote speaker: Chet van Duzer, The Sincerest Form of Flattery: William Hack’s Copies of VOC Maps of Southeast Asia
10.25–11.00 am – Ian Burnet, Early Portuguese Geographers in the Indian Ocean World: Manuel Godinho de Eredia and João Teixeira Albernaz and Their Maps
11.00–11.30 am – Morning tea
SESSION 2
Moderator: Michael Pearson
11.30 am–12.00 pm – John Hewitt, Two Indian Ocean Voyages by the Great Ship São Paulo
12.00–12.30 pm – Dr Catherine Akeroyd, The Indian Ocean on Medieval Islamic Maps
12.30–2.00 pm – Lunch
SESSION 3
Moderator: Professor Robert Clancy
2.00–2.40 pm – Professor Dennis Reinhartz, The Cartography of Herman Moll and Discovery, Exploration, and Empire
2.40–3.10 pm – Arvi Wattel, Charting New Holland: Navigating the Interplay Between Empirical Mapping and Imaginary Illustrations in 17th-Century European Cartography
3.15–3.45 pm – Afternoon tea
SESSION 4
Moderator: Maggie Patton
3.45–4.15 pm – Corioli Souter, Museum Mapping: Indian Ocean Cartography at the WA Museum
4.15–4.45 pm – Ruud Stelten, The Wrecking of the Dutch East Indiaman Zuytdorp (1712)
4.45–5.00 pm – Close
THURSDAY 2 MAY 2024
Workshop
9.30 am–12.30 pm – Looking Slowly at Early Modern Maps with Chet van Duzer
Afternoon – SLNSW behind-the-scenes tour
Public Lecture
6.00–7.00 pm – Frames That Speak: An Introduction to Cartographic Cartouches with Chet van Duzer