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The announcement card for the Map exhibit at USD have been published.

Now the difficult part begins:  Promotion and marketing.  Hopefully we’ll do some Facebook and some press releases and some other viral stuff.  If you have any ideas let me know.  Mean while if you know anybody in San Diego forward this link to them.  http://swcamborne.com/archives/simon-says/changing-boundaries

The opening reception could be quite interesting because it is hard to avoid the question: “Did the USA steal California from Mexico?” You and your friends can come and hear my brilliant answer.  To register click here.  Here are more details:

Here is a link to an incredible online resource of maps

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

The scanning and cataloging work that has gone into putting it online is incredibleand it is free for non commercial use.

An early 1600’s map of Baja from my collection

I’m off to the Trans Border Institute at University of San Diego today to work on my map exhibit.

I have a collection of nearly 100 original maps showing the evolution of the US/Mexico border.  The exhibit should be great but there are lots of details and negotiations to happen before the opening  on April 21, 2010.  I’m hoping to also put up a cool website as a companion piece.

I’m working on a project to display a portion of my collection of historic maps of the border between Mexico and the United States.  The exhibit which hopefully be in conjunction with the Trans Border Institute at University of San Diego will show the evolution of the border.  It could be controversial.  Both the anti-immigrant activists and the pro-Chicano  activists will find lots of fodder for anger in this exhibit.

This is an example of what the exhibit will look like:

Each original map will be hung with a detail photo showing an interesting detail:

Here is a close up of the detail map:

Click here to see photos of all the maps I am proposing for the exhibit.