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Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 15:36:13 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time)
From: Nick Millea <[log in to unmask]>
To: lis-maps <[log in to unmask]>, liber list <[log in to unmask]>,
     maps-l <[log in to unmask]>, carto-soc <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Gough Map on public display

[Apologies for cross-posting: lis-maps, liber-gdc, carto-soc, maps-l,
various private individuals]

Dear All,

As part of the Bodleian Library's 400th Anniversary celebrations, the
current exhibition "Wonderful things from 400 years of collecting:
the Bodleian Library 1602-2002" includes the Gough Map, the oldest
surviving road map of Great Britain dating from ca.1360. The exhibition
runs until 21 December 2002 and admission is free. Details can be found
at:
        http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/exhibitions/

With best wishes,
Nick Millea

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Nick Millea
Map Librarian, Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG
tel       : 01865 287119
fax      : 01865 277139
email : [log in to unmask]

homepage: http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/
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