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Subject:        Re: MAPS-L: Announcement of 500,000th map added to Library
Date:   Mon, 05 Dec 2005
From:   Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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Congratulations HelenJane! I'll be surprising you with a phone call soon...

Paige


At 03:01 PM 12/1/2005, you wrote:
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>Subject:        FW: Announcement of 500,000th map added to Library
>Date:   Thu, 1 Dec 2005
>From:   HelenJane Armstrong <[log in to unmask]>
>To:     Angie Cope, AGSL <[log in to unmask]>
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>From:   HelenJane Armstrong
>Sent:   Monday, November 28, 2005 3:41 PM
>To:     MAPS-L (E-mail)
>Subject:Announcement of 500,000th map added to Library
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>I thought the members of MAPS-L might find this Press Release
>interesting.  This Wednesday we are having the formal dedication of the
>500,000 th and 500,001st map added to the University of Florida Map &
>Imagery Library.  The maps with appropriate text will soon be added to our
>website.  At this moment every display case and map case top contains
>modern and antique maps of Africa.  The oldest is a 1535 map and the
>newest a 2005 satellite image.  This has been a fun experience and  the
>last official function before my retirement on December 23, 2005.
>Helen
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>HelenJane Armstrong, PhD
>Head, Map & Imagery Library
>George A. Smathers Libraries
>University of Florida
>P.O. Box 117011
>Gainesville, FL 32611-7011
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>George A. Smathers Libraries
>PO Box 117001
>Gainesville, FL  32611-7001
>(352) 392-0342    Fax: (352) 392-7251
>Barbara Hood, public information officer
>e-mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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>         For immediate release
>November 22, 2005
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>Maps of Africa from seafarers to satellites: a celebration of the addition
>of the 500,000th and 500,001st maps to the University of Florida Libraries
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>The George A. Smathers Libraries announce the addition of the 500,000th
>and 500,001st maps to the Map & Imagery Library, located on the first
>floor of the Marston Science Library. Both maps are considered
>cornerstones for any collection of rare African maps. A commemorative
>ceremony will be held Wednesday, November 30, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in
>the Map & Imagery Library. The ceremony is free and open to the public.
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>The two maps, along with other rare and modern African maps, will be on
>display in the Map & Imagery Library from November 30 through December 7,
>8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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>The 500,000th map is "Africae described, the manners of their Habits, and
>Buildings," by John Speed, 1631-32. It is the first English map of Africa.
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>The 500,001st map is "Western side of Africa: Typus orarum maritimarum
>Guinae, Manicongo, & Angolae ultra" by Jan Huygen van Linschoten,
>Amsterdam, 1596.
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>The Map & Imagery Library and the Africana Collection provided funding.
>Generous assistance was provided by Elizabeth Harrer in memory of her son
>Thomas and the Dr. Madelyn M. Lockhart Book Fund in African Studies.
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