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Subject: Scottish map news
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:57:20 +0100
From: Fleet, Christopher <[log in to unmask]>
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The July 2008 issue of 'Cairt - Newsletter of the Scottish Maps Forum'
has just been mailed out. A PDF version is also available at:
http://www.nls.uk/collections/maps/subjectinfo/cairt13.pdf
In this issue is information about:
* New websites:
Slezer's 'Theatrum Scotiae' (1693) - http://www.nls.uk/slezer/
Ordnance Survey's six-inch maps of Scotland (1840s-1880s)
-http://www.nls.uk/maps/os/6inch/index.html
* John Bartholomew and the naming of Antarctica
* John Thomson's 'Atlas of Scotland' (1832)
* Map-related talks, publications and news
* Diana Webster's retirement
Chris Fleet
Deputy Map Curator
National Library of Scotland
33 Salisbury Place
EDINBURGH
EH9 1SL
United Kingdom.
Tel. 0131 623 3973
Fax. 0131 623 3971
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
View maps website: http://www.nls.uk/maps
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