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Subject: RE: Monopoly, maps and WWII
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:12:51 -0500
From: Redmond, Edward James <[log in to unmask]>
To: 'Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship'
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Hmmm...Map related Monopoly pieces?
How about some of the following game pieces? (Listed in no particular
order, of course)
Ptolemy?
Waldseemuller?
Paige Andrews?
Francis Herbert?
'Here be dragons' globe?
An Arc[Something] software disc?
A Magirt logo?
Any others?
Ed
Ed Redmond
Geography and Map Division
Library of Congress
101 Indepepence Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20540
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Subject: Re: Monopoly, maps and WWII
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Subject: Re: Monopoly, maps and WWII
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:44:13 -0500
From: Joel Kovarsky <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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_MapForum_ had a nice short article on the subject of escape maps some
years ago: http://www.mapforum.com/04/escape.htm . Although not updated
for some years, John Rado maintained a site pertaining to silk/cloth
maps that had a good bit of detail: http://www.silkmaps.com/index.html .
As to the ties to Waddingtons' and Monopoly, _The Atlantic_ also just
had a recent blurb:
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/how-monopoly-games-helped-allied-pows-escape-during-world-war-ii/266996/
. There is actually a significant literature on these subjects, and I am
sure they are receiving some renewed attention due to the game-maker's
decision to hold a public vote on what changes to make to their
longstanding playing pieces.
Joel Kovarsky
On 1/10/2013 10:03 AM, Angie Cope, American Geographical Society
Library, UW Milwaukee wrote:
> ------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Monopoly and WWII
> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:00:32 -0600
> From: Catherine Guildner <[log in to unmask]>
> To: angie <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Waropoly: How History's Most Popular Board Game Helped Defend The Free
> World
>
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