Charting the Land of Flowers: 500 Years of Florida Maps with Rodney Kite-Powell will present the earliest depiction of Florida on the 1511 Martyr Map to a 21st-century view of Florida from s pace. This presentation brings together maps from collections around the w orld\, including the Touchton Map Library in the Tamp Bay History Center a nd Jacksonville Public Library&rsquo\;s Lewis Ansbacher Map Collection\, a nd shows the dramatic changes that have occurred in the Sunshine State ove r the past 500 years.
\nRodney Kite-Powell is the Director of the To uchton Map Library at the Tampa Bay History Center. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida and a Master of Arts from the Univ ersity of South Florida\, both in U.S. History. He wrote and lectured on s tate and local history and is the author of three books including: His tory of Davis Islands: David P. Davis \;and the Story of a Landmark Ta mpa Neighborhood and Tampa Bay&rsquo\;s Waterfront: Its History a nd Development.
\nMapping Our Past is made possible thr ough the generosity of the Lewis and Sybil Ansbacher Family Foundation and the Jordan and Shirley Ansbacher Family Foundation.
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