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Subject:
Napoleonic Maps
From:
Lisa Recupero <[log in to unmask]>
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Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 23 Feb 1994 23:32:39 EST
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Just a little map tid-bit I ran across in a highly reputable source.
 
"There have been many cases of poor penmanship among famous people
throughout history.  Shakespeare was one, and manuscript of Hawthorne's
stories remain unpublished because nobody can read them.  But Napoleon was
said to have such incredibly bad handwritting that many of his letters
were mistaken for maps!"
 
(The source: Amazing Facts: A fascinating array of facts and figures
about, people, places and events by D.L. Nagle (no publisher, no date))
 
Lisa A. Recupero                        [log in to unmask]
Reference Librarian                     (314) 341-4007
Curtis Laws Wilson Library              fax: (314) 341-4233
University of Missouri-Rolla
Rolla, MO 65401
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