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Subject:
define "atlas"
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Map Library <[log in to unmask]>
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Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 14 Aug 1996 09:42:01 EDT
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Perhaps this has happened to many of you when you are purchasing atlases?
You look at the title and think, sure that would be good for the collection.
Recently, I ordered "Atlas of Eastern Europe in the 20th century" and when
it arrived I was very disappointed. It is not what I would call an atlas but
rather a text with some maps. For $90 Cdn, I returned it.
So, how do you define an atlas? Simply a bound book of maps? Or a certain
percentage of the entire book?
 
Cheryl Woods
Map Curator
University of Western Ontario
London, Canada
Serge A. Sauer Map Library
Department of Geography
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario
Canada
N6A 5C2
 
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