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Subject: Re: Classifying the Mediterranean ?
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:34:40 -0400
From: Edward James Redmond <[log in to unmask]>
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The much discussed Mediterranean map can be seen via
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g5672m.ct001013
Ed
Ed Redmond
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Geography and Map Division
Library of Congress
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Subject: RE: Classifying the Mediterranean ?
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:08:43 -0400
From: Grabach, Kenneth A. Mr. <[log in to unmask]>
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Hello, Toby.
Actually, the Mediterranean is in the Eastern Hemisphere, classed G567.M4. It is not part of an ocean. Since it has no outlets other than the Strait of Gibraltar, the only connection with the Atlantic, and the Bosporus and Dardanelles as the only connection with the Black Sea, and the Suez Canal, a manmade connection with the Red Sea, there really is no ocean it could be classed with. As it is surrounded by the continental masses of Europe to the north, Asia (the Middle East) to the east, and Africa to the south, the Eastern Hemisphere is where it has been classed.
The record in OCLC for this map is #40423251.
Ken Grabach <[log in to unmask]>
Maps Librarian Phone: 513-529-1726
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA
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Subject: Classifying the Med?
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:16:23 -0500
From: Toby Main <[log in to unmask]>
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Or am I missing something here?
There's a 1998 CIA map titled "The Mediterranean Basin." Sudoc being
pretty much useless I am going to pop a number out of the G
schedule. Except... nothing on the G sked maps, nothing in the index
for the Med that relates to maps. No entry in OCLC, but there is a 19th
century French map with a geo number of 5672. Eastern Hemisphere? I
don't think so.
After fooling with the G schedule a bit, I can't find an entry. Oceans
go from South Atlantic (9165) to Indian (9180) skipping over the Med,
which is arguably one of the most important bodies of water in western
history, and has been for a long, long time. What the...? Am I missing
something? To loosely quote John McEnroe "They cannot possibly be serious!"
Help, oh help...
Toby Main
State Library of New Mexico
1209 Camino Carlos Rey
Santa Fe, NM 87507
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