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Feb 28, 2006

Maps As Art: Antique Map Exhibit Opens In Myrtle Beach

The Myrtle Beach Sun News reports that the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum will open an exhibit "The Mapmakers' Art: The Bishop Collection of Antique Maps: 1608-1863" today. The exhibit features maps from the collection of George J. Bishop, including Mark Catesby's 1731 work, "A Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands." The exhibit runs through March 26.