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Subject: Re: Re: Classifying the Mediterranean ?
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:15:12 -0500
From: Toby Main <[log in to unmask]>
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Well, I'll go with G5672.M4... although I can't say that I am happy with
it, but short of restructuring the G schedule that seems to be my option.
The map that Ed links is a physical map- what I have is the political
boundaries map. Strange are the ways of the depository system...
TM
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Subject: Re: Classifying the Mediterranean ?
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:10:21 -0500
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Subject: Re: Classifying the Mediterranean ?
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:34:40 -0400
From: Edward James Redmond
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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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Subject: RE: Classifying the Mediterranean ?
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:08:43 -0400
From: Grabach, Kenneth A. Mr.
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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
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
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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
Toby Main
State Library of New Mexico
1209 Camino Carlos Rey
Santa Fe, NM 87507
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