Saturday, October 4, 2:00 p.m.  
 
Cartographic Encounters: Native Americans in the Exploration and Mapping of North America  
 
John Rennie Short, Professor, Department of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County  
 
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library  
33 Marrett Road, Lexington  
 
Long before European explorers and colonists arrived in North America, indigenous inhabitants had already explored and created maps of the vast landscapes of our continent.  
Come to our lecture to learn how Europeans venturing into unknown territories were dependent on collaboration with Native Americans.  
Professor Short will outline the role of indigenous people in the exploration and mapping of North America. Drawing on diaries, maps, and official reports, he will demonstrate how Native American guides, informants, and mapmakers were essential to European and American exploration and mapping in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.  
 
For more information, contact the Museum at 781-862-6559  
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