Taking Measure of America - How French Cartographers Shaped “The New World” with Roger Mummert

Among the first Europeans to reach North America were French explorers and cartographers. The French established a unique relationship with Native Americans, who led them deep into this vast continent and revealed its riches. The maps created from their explorations fundamentally impacted how colonizers would lay claim to enormous portions of North America—and how emerging nations would later redefine those claims. 

About Roger Mummert

Roger Mummert is a writer whose work on culture has appeared in the New York Times and elsewhere. He is the creator of www.theparisproject.net and the newsletter “Paris: A City of Ideas.” 

He is the creator and host of an ongoing series of Zoom presentations in association with the Alliance Française on Paris and French culture. Recent presentations can be viewed on the Federation of AF USA's  You Tube channel.