IMCoS Map Lectures: Peter Geldart, Mapping the British Occupation of Manila

International Map Collectors' Society

IMCoS Map Lecture Series, June 2021: Peter Geldart, Mapping the British Occupation of Manila 1762–64

Towards the end of the Seven Years War, the East India Company (EIC) saw an opportunity, supported by the British government, to seize the Philippines from Spain. An invasion fleet was assembled in Madras and arrived in Manila Bay on 23 September 1762. Within ten days Manila had fallen, and the acting Governor-General, Archbishop Manuel Antonio Rojo, surrendered. The British went on to capture Cavite and the Manila galleon Santísima Trinidad, but faced resistance by a native army under Simón de Anda. Under the terms of the 1763 Treaty of Paris, Manila was returned to Spain on 31 March 1794 by the then Provisional Deputy-Governor, Alexander Dalrymple, who would later become hydrographer to the EIC and (in 1795) the first Hydrographer to the British Admiralty.Mr Geldart will discuss the background to the invasion, the dramatic attack on the fortified citadel, subsequent events, the return of Manila to Spain, and the cartographic consequences of the occupation. To illustrate his talk, he will show maps from the British Library, George III’s Collection of Military Maps held by the Royal Collection Trust, the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center Collection at the Boston Public Library, the Library of Congress, and private collections in Manila.Peter Geldart, who retired after a long career in banking and finance spent mostly in Asia, now resides partly in Manila and partly in Hong Kong. A keen map collector, he is a member of the Philippine Map Collectors Society (PHIMCOS) as well as IMCoS. In 2017 he curated and wrote the catalogue for the PHIMCOS exhibition titled ‘Mapping the Philippine Seas’, and is also the editor of the PHIMCOS journal, The Murillo Bulletin. He has assisted the Hong Kong Maritime Museum in cataloguing its map collection, and is an occasional contributor of book and exhibition reviews for the IMCoS Journal.This talk is part of a series of lectures organized and hosted by the International Map Collectors&#x27; Society in June 2021. The lectures will be:9 June, 7PM, the Malcolm Young Lecture, Daniel Crouch: The Spanish Armada Maps16 June, 2 PM, Peter Geldart, Mapping the British Occupation of Manila 1762–64 (PLEASE NOTE DIFFERENT TIME, 2PM, FOR THIS TALK)23 June, 7 PM, Paula van Gestel, Wall maps published in the Netherlands between c.1550 and 185030 June, 7 PM, Wes Brown, Alzate y Ramirez and the mapping of New Spain Each talk must be registered for separately. Registered attendees for each event will receive a Zoom link one week before the event. Reminder emails, with the joining link, will be sent two days and one day before the event. If you have any questions about registration or using Zoom, please email Katie Parker at kaparker18th@gmail.comInterested in more events like this? Do you like maps and want to connect to other enthusiasts and collectors? Consider joining the International Map Collectors&#x27; Society. More information is available here: https://www.imcos.org/membership-levels/

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