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Subject:        RE: MAPS-L: Index for "Uebersichtskarte von Mitteleuropa", 300k?
Date:   Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:45:26 +0100
From:   Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>


Brendan,

Unless this is already covered by one of the scanning projects via UCSB
(c/o Larry Cruse or Mary Larsgaard), we have three options:-

1) A 1907-dated (printed bottom right corner) 'Blatteinteiling der
Uebersichtskarte von Mitteleuropa 1:300 000.  Herausgegeben von der
Kartographischen Abteilung der Koenigl. Preuss. Landesaufnahme.',
meridian of Ferro used, no grid indication, has printed black corners to
many sheets, and ca 20 sheets/editions (Germany) marked off by light
blue pencil diagonal stroke.  A former RGS Map Room employee has headed
the index in MS (blue pencil): Index of the French generalisation of the
[. . .] Mitteleuropa 1:300 000.'

2) 'Blatteinteiling der Uebersichtskarte von Mitteleuropa 1:300 000.',
([Berlin :] Kartographische Abteilung der Koenigl[iche]. Preussisches
Landesaufnahme [, ca 1910?]); meridian of Ferro used.  The RGS Map
Room's exemplar (accessioned 22 June 1910 [?]) has added in MS (pencil)
both an alphanumeric grid and dates of sheets/editions (range: 1894
'Duenamuende (Ust Dwinsk)' to 1926 'Coeln'), with sheets held here shown
by (mostly) red pencil diagonal stroke.

3) 'Schwarzausgabe der Uebersichtskarte von Mitteleuropa 1:300 000.',
(Berlin : Reichskartenstelle des Reichsamt fuer Landesaufnahme [, ca
1930]); meridian of Greenwich used; the 'Schwarzausgabe' merely refers
to the fact that those sheets produced in b-&-w are indicated by a
corner triangle of relevant sheets [cf option 1 supra]; printed
alphanumeric grid.  The RGS Map Room's exemplar (accessioned 8 July 1930
- but there is a sheet named 'St. Petersburg', and the post-1919 Baltic
countries etc. are shown and named) has both MS (pencil) extension of
the series to NE as far as 'Moskau' and dates of sheets/editions added
(range: 1895 'Dawidgrodek' to 1937 'Hamburg'); most sheets are marked
off as held in the Map Room by means of a blue pencil diagonal stroke.

If any of these are of worth please e-mail: [log in to unmask]

Francis
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Subject:        Index for "Uebersichtskarte von Mitteleuropa", 300k?
Date:   Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:57:19 +0200
From:   Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>
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Can anyone email me a scan of an index for the German "Uebersichtskarte
von Mitteleuropa" 1:300,000? The series dates from the late 1800s/WW1
period?

Thank you!


Dr Brendan Whyte
Geography Department
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
ISRAEL
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