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     A fun spiral bound calendar comes from Chronicle Books and Redstone
     Press: The 1997 Redstone Diary, "Maps to get lost in."
 
 
     On the cover is the Beatus Mappamundi, 12th c.
 
     Inside are found the following among others:
 
     Map of  Matrimony, from a Valentine card, 19th c.
 
     Chinese Red, a map on the back of a crime thriller, c1948
 
     Phrenological head maps, at least 2 were spotted
 
     Japanese child's board game of a journey to Paradise, 20th century
 
     Numerous Adolf Wolfli drawings
 
     Pilgrim's Way from Pilgrim's Progress, etc., etc.
 
 
     Perfect mapnerd holiday gift. Look for this at your local bookstore.
     [isbn 0-8118-1392-4]
 
     Our copy came from Seattle, a gift to Kristopher Cheppaikode on staff
     here in the Map Div. We may purchase this for the Map Division, NYPL,
     as a handout for the answer to that question-- "What is a map?"
 
     Alice Hudson
     Map Division, NYPL