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Subject: Kurdistan maps
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 17:37:30 -0500
From: "ahudson" <[log in to unmask]>
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In an article in The New York Times, January 22, 2003, p. 1, and A8,
about
dreams for a Kurdish State, several illustrations in the article showed
maps of Kurdistan. The article starts out with,

 'A common and curious sight in northern Iraq is a glossy color map
about
the size of a doormat on display in many homes and on sale in every
bazaar.
The map defines a territory beginning at the northeastern corner of the
Mediterranean Sea and extending east,north and south, ending more than
200
miles inside Iran. Its name is "Kurdistan," the limits of a land claim
spanning large parts of four nations. It is also the name of a fifth
nation, which does not exist.'

My question is whether this map, "for sale in every bazaar in northern
Iraq,"  is available in any way from some of our whizbang map dealers?
Yes, numerous variants are on the Web...and we have printed many off and
even set up a folder for Kurdistan, for the historical record. I am
interested in the map for sale in Iraq.

ps: if maps of Kurdistan are cataloged, how are they handled
geographically, qualitatively [fantasy maps?]...

Any ideas out there?

Alice C. Hudson
Chief, Map Division
The Humanities and Social Sciences Library
The New York Public Library
5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117
New York, NY 10018-2788

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