It was Schöner who placed the maps in a portfolio that was later acquired by a German prince and stored in a castle for nearly 400 years. The Library of Congress, in conjunction with the Washington Map Society, will hold a lecture to discuss how Schöner used the Waldseemüller maps and other materials to produce his globes and develop new methods of mathematical cartography. John Hessler will present "Zeno's Mice: Regiomontanus, Martin Waldseemüller and the Life of Johannes Schöner 1477-1547" at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, in the Geography and Map Division Reading Room on the basement level of the James Madison Memorial Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E.,
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