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From: "Francis Herbert" <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: RE: strong collection of Holy Land maps?
Julie
May I suggest you (or, rather, the collector) try one of the web pages
on Tony Campbell's 'Map History' gateway site - specifically
http://www.maphistory.info/imageasia.html?
Although under the 'images' [on the web] page, the URLs listed
occasionally reveal that at least one "strong collection" has, in fact,
had its maps scanned for all to view remotely. This images page menu
sub-divides Asia into regions: under 'Southwest Asia', alphabetically,
there are maybe a dozen sites listed under 'Holy Land'. This dozen of
the Holy Land includes one site with "(about 1,100 enlargeable high res.
MrSID images from the 15th century onwards . . . [in the] Jewish
National & University Library, Eran Laor Collection . . .)"
Francis Herbert (former compiler of 'Imago Mundi Bibliography'; former
Curator of Maps, RGS-IBG)
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Subject: strong collection of Holy Land maps?
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Subject: strong collection of Holy Land maps?
Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 13:28:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Julie Sweetkind-Singer <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi, all,
Can anyone identify for me libraries/archives/museums that have strong
collections of Holy Land maps? I was contacted by a collector wishing
to sell a map to one such organization rather than put it up for sale at
an auction or through a dealer. This is outside my area of expertise.
Thanks,
Julie Sweetkind-Singer
Head Librarian; GIS & Map Librarian
Branner Earth Sciences Library & Map Collections
Stanford University
397 Panama Mall; MC 2211
Stanford, CA 94305
(650)725-1102
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