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Subject:        Telberg Geological Map Collection Acquired by East View
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Date:   Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:27:29 -0500
From:   Julie Horns <[log in to unmask]>
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Telberg Geological Map Collection Acquired by East View Cartographic


East View Cartographic has purchased a fascinating collection of geological
maps and atlases from the Telberg Geological Map Service. It contains many
items that are now virtually impossible to obtain because they were produced
in low press runs and come from some of the world's most closed and isolated
countries.

The collection includes virtually every geological map and atlas published
in China since the end of the Cultural Revolution; geological maps and
atlases from almost every country in Africa; items from virtually every
country in Asia; complete regional Latin American coverage for geological
maps and atlases; one of the world's most complete assemblies of Soviet
geological and geoscientific maps, and atlases; and many unusual geological
publications.  More information can be found at
www.cartographic.com/geological_collection.

Background: The Telberg Geological Map Service operated in Sag Harbor (Long
Island), NY for about 50 years until the death earlier this year of the sole
surviving principal, Mrs. Lelia Telberg.  The company originated as the
Telberg Book Corporation in the 1920s, which was first set up by Val Telberg
in China, on the basis of his father's personal library following the
family's flight to Tsingtao in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution
(Telberg senior was a cabinet-level official in the Kerensky Provisional
government who had a price on his head following the Bolshevik victory).

In the late 1930s and in the face of a full-scale Japanese invasion, Val
Telberg left China for New York, where he continued his business and pursued
his true love of art in the medium of photomontage.  There he met and
married the dancer Lelia Katayne; they collaborated in art and business for
the rest of their lives; he died in 1995.

The Telberg Book Corporation produced a number of English-language
translations from key Soviet scientific and reference works in the early
years of the Cold War.  Following the 1957 launch of "Sputnik," Telberg
decided to focus his company on the emerging Soviet earth sciences,
specifically geology and mineral resources.  The company acquired the name
Telberg Geological Map Service, and throughout the 1960s continued to
specialize in Soviet-produced geological maps and related publications.  In
keeping with the Soviet Union's developing global superpower status, these
maps and publications themselves increasingly acquired a global
character-not only did they cover the territory of the USSR, but also
virtually the entire world.  Before long the Telbergs found themselves to be
sitting on perhaps the first private collection of worldwide geological
maps.

In the 1970s and 1980s the Telbergs intensified their coverage by setting up
supply relationships with virtually every geological mapping authority in
the world-including especially the countries of China, Eastern Europe, Asia,
Africa and Latin America.  No location was too exotic, and the Telbergs ran
an impressive niche business from their base in Sag Harbor, serving many
dozens of corporate, governmental and academic customers who had interests
in geology and mineral resources.  After Val Telberg's death in 1995, Lelia
Telberg carried on the business for nearly another decade, continuing to
amass rare and valuable geological maps from around the world and service
her dedicated customers.

Julie Horns
East View Cartographic
3020 Harbor Lane North
Minneapolis, MN 55447
Tel: 763.253.0680
Fax: 763.559.2931
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