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Subject: Re: [Fwd: Literary and Imaginary maps]
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 02:55:56 +0200
From: Michael Okonek <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>

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Patrick,

FWIW - Until the late 1980s, the national mapping organizations of many
communist countries published whole series of topo maps with totally
imaginary content. The maps were intended to be used for educational
purposes - to practice map reading skills. E.g. the Polish series
comprised
16 different maps at 4 scales (10K to 100K). The real topos were
classified,
and as such, were not available to the public.

Not sure if such maps would actually meet your definition of imaginary
maps,
though.

Best regards from Poland

Michal Okonek




At 13:55 2003-07-17 -0400, you wrote:
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>Subject: Literary and Imaginary maps
>Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 15:55:43 -0400
>From: Patrick Florance <[log in to unmask]>
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>Is anyone aware of vendors that might offer antiquarian or contemporary
>literary and imaginary maps and atlases:  for instance, maps that
>illustrate Alice in Wonderland, Sherlock Holmes, Wizard of Oz, Orwell's
>1984, Gilligan's Island, etc.  Of course many of these maps were/are
>released within the books themselves.   I am aware of The Atlas of
>Fantasy,
>The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, and The Language of the Land.
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>Thanks so much,
>
>Patrick Florance
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>Patrick Florance
>Digital Cartography Specialist
>Harvard Map Collection
>Harvard College Library
>Harvard University
>Cambridge, MA, USA 02138
>Tel. 617-495-2417
>FAX  617-496-0440
>Email: [log in to unmask]
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