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Re: Maynardville topo in NC?
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Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:19:18 -0500
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Re: Maynardville topo in NC?
Date:   Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:35:08 -0400
From:   David Cobb <[log in to unmask]>
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Organization:   Harvard College Library
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The Maynardville quadrangle is actually in Tennessee and first surveyed
in 1883. We seem to have several editions as well as reprints. Its
southeast coordinates are 36 degrees and 83 degrees 30 minutes.

David Cobb

Maps-L wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Maynardville topo in NC?
> Date:   Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:34:05 -0400
> From:   Jeff Essic <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Hello,
>
> According to "Map index to topographic quadrangles of the United
> States, 1882-1940" by Moffat, Riley Moore, there is supposed to be a
> 30' topo in North Carolina named Maynardville, published in 1884.
>
> I'm not familiar with a community by this name in NC.  Yes, Tennessee
> has a Maynardville, but I can't find anything for NC, much less a map
> by that name.
>
> Could someone please help me by looking through the resources you may
> have, such as a more extensive map collection, or other index maps, to
> check and see if this might be a mis-print?  Or, if it is correct,
> would someone be able to confirm that, and perhaps even provide a
> scan?
>
> I've put scans online of the two NC pages from Moffat's book, so you
> can see what I'm talking about:
>
> http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jfessic/NCHistTopos_Map.gif
> http://www4.ncsu.edu/~jfessic/NCHistTopos_Index.gif
>
> The Maynardville topo map is shown as quadrangle #46, in somewhat the
> northern central part of the state.
>
> Thank you very much,
> Jeff Essic
>
>
> _______________________________________
> Jeff Essic, Data Services Librarian
> North Carolina State University
> D.H. Hill Library, Research & Information Services
> Box 7111, Raleigh, NC  27695-7111
> http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/gis
> (919) 515-5698
>

--
David A. Cobb
Harvard Map Collection
Harvard College Library
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel. 617.495.2417
FAX  617.496.0440
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