Mapping the Unknown: Cartographers' strategies for navigating uncertainty

Name: Mapping the Unknown: Cartographers' strategies for navigating uncertainty
Start: 2025-10-14T08:00:00+11:00
End: 2025-10-14T09:00:00+11:00
Location: Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2600

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Tue, 14 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 am

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Parkes Place, Parkes, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2600

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Tue, 14 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 am to 09:00 am (AEDT)

Parkes Place, Parkes, ACT, Australian Capital Territory 2600

Canberra Lake Cruises, Parkes Pl, Parkes ACT 2600, Australia, Canberra

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Mapping the Unknown: Cartographers' strategies for navigating uncertainty

Cartographic historian Chet Van Duzer discusses early modern maps and the methods used by map makers to indicate certainty and uncertainty about the accuracy of their maps.

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Mapping the Unknown: Cartographers' strategies for navigating uncertainty

Tue, 14 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 am