BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representation s of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 15 92 – 1819 X-WR-TIMEZONE:Central Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314831275 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230925 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314833324 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230926 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314835373 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230927 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314837422 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230928 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314839471 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230929 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314841520 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230930 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314844593 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231001 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314846642 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231002 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314849715 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231003 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314852788 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231004 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314856885 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231005 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314858934 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231006 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314860983 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231007 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314863032 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231008 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314865081 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231009 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314867130 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231010 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314869179 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231011 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314871228 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231012 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314873277 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231013 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314874302 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231014 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314876351 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231015 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314878400 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231016 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314880449 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231017 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314882498 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231018 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314885571 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231019 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314887620 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231020 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314889669 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231021 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314891718 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231022 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314893767 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231023 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314895816 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231024 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314897865 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231025 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314898890 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231026 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314900939 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231027 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314902988 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231028 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314904013 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231029 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314906062 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231030 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314908111 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231031 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314910160 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231101 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314911185 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231102 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314913234 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231103 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314915283 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231104 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314917332 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231105 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314919381 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231106 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314921430 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231107 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314922455 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231108 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314925528 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231109 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314927577 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231110 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314929626 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231111 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314932699 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231112 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314934748 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231113 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314937821 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231114 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314939870 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231115 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314941919 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231116 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314943968 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231117 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314946017 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231118 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314947042 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231119 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314949091 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231120 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314951140 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231121 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314953189 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231122 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314955238 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231123 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314957287 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231124 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314959336 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231125 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314961385 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231126 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314963434 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231127 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314965483 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231128 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314967532 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231129 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314969581 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231130 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314971630 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231201 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314973679 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231202 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314975728 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231203 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314977777 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231204 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314979826 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231205 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314982899 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231206 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314984948 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231207 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314986997 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231208 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314989046 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231209 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314991095 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231210 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314993144 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231211 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314996217 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231212 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375314998266 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231213 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315000315 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231214 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315002364 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231215 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315004413 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231216 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315006462 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231217 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315008511 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231218 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315008512 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231219 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315010561 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231220 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315012610 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231221 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315014659 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231222 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315015684 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231223 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315018757 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231224 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315020806 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231225 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315021831 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231226 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315024904 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231227 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315026953 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231228 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315029002 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231229 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315031051 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231230 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315033100 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231231 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315035149 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240101 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184442Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315037198 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240102 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315038223 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240103 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315040272 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240104 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315043345 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240105 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315045394 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240106 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315048467 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240107 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315051540 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240108 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315054613 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240109 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315057686 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240110 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315061783 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240111 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315064856 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240112 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315067929 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240113 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315069978 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240114 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315074075 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240115 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315078172 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240116 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315081245 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240117 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315083294 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240118 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315085343 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240119 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315088416 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240120 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315090465 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240121 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315093538 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240122 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315097635 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240123 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315100708 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240124 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315102757 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240125 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315103782 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240126 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315105831 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240127 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315107880 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240128 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315109929 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240129 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315111978 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240130 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315114027 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240131 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315116076 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240201 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315118125 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240202 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315120174 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240203 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315122223 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240204 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315124272 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240205 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315126321 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240206 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315127346 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240207 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315130419 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240208 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315132468 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240209 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315134517 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240210 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315136566 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240211 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315137591 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240212 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315140664 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240213 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315142713 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240214 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315143738 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240215 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315145787 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240216 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315147836 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240217 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315149885 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240218 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315151934 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240219 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315153983 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240220 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315156032 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240221 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315158081 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240222 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315160130 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240223 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315162179 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240224 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315164228 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240225 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315166277 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240226 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315169350 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240227 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260513T184443Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44375315171399 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240228 DESCRIPTION:Special Collections Exhibit On Display in Gorgas Library Until February of 2024 \n\nIn The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Re presentations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settle ment\, c. 1592 – 1819\, we tell a story about the history of early Alaba ma. Contemporary maps will be the medium we use – maps that were produce d during this time of European exploration\, conquest\, and settlement.\n\ n \n\nMany maps of the time that represent the Gulf of Mexico world includ e Alabama as one of its northern tips. And like the rest of the Gulf of Me xico region\, Alabama at that time was part of the setting for an early Eu ropean imperial competition. European expeditions attempted to explore\, s urvey\, and conquer Alabama (especially the southern coast) in much the sa me way that they would in other areas of the Caribbean and Latin America. Alabama\, and most notably the area that would become Mobile\, were part o f an interconnected Gulf of Mexico/Atlantic world\, and this is represente d in many of the contemporary maps.\n\n \n\nThis will not be a comprehensi ve history of early Alabama. Instead\, we are largely focusing on this spe cific age of European exploration and settlement\, and how Alabama was rep resented in maps made by Europeans. While many of the maps place Alabama i n this larger Gulf of Mexico region\, some do not. Those maps were usually included because they contained some important truth (or perceived truth) about early Alabama.\n\n \n\nThis exhibit includes larger maps on the Pea rce Foyer walls with smaller maps (and segments of a “topographical memo ir”) in exhibit cases. All maps and sources are housed in the W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library\, part of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections. GEO:33.211827;-87.545974 LOCATION:Gorgas Library\, 2nd Floor \, Quad Entrance/Foyer SUMMARY:The Northern Edge of the Gulf of Mexico: Visual Representations of Alabama during the Age of European Exploration and Settlement\, c. 1592 – 1819 URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ua.edu/event/the_northern_edge_of_the_gulf_o f_mexico_visual_representations_of_alabama_during_the_age_of_european_expl oration_and_settlement_c_1592_1819 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR