Charting Their Journeys: Explorers Record the Americas, 1500-1900

"From the search for a new trade route to the Orient to the race for a lunar landing, explorers have charted their journeys in wonderfully pictorial maps. What were the explorers' impressions? What experiences and observations prompted the explorers to record them on maps and charts? Who knew what, when? Join Ed Redmond, Geography and Map Reference Specialist at the Library of Congress, as we glimpse these journeys to the Americas through the eyes of those who lived them. Brought to you by the Digital Reference Team of the Library of Congress" - October 17, 2007 beginning at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time