Events - 2008
TERRA COGNITA: 400 YEARS OF EXPLORATION, TRAVEL AND DISCOVERY BY EUROPEANS AS SEEN THROUGH THE TREASURES OF THE YORK GATE LIBRARY.
Visual Art and Craft
Presented by:
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
At:
RGSSA LIBRARY, MORTLOCK WING, STATE LIBRARY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
RGSSA LIBRARY, STATE LIBRARY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA MORTLOCK WING (SECOND FLOOR, SOUTHERN END) NORTH TCE ADELAIDE 5000
This celebrated library collection was purchased in London by the Society in 1905 and opened to the public in 1908. Highlights include original George French Angas watercolours, illustrations from explorers' journals dating back to 1590 and Australia's rarest book of bird illustrations.
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