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Subject: Re: Looking for historic maps of Tahrir Square in Downtown Cairo
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:02:46 -0700
From: Kathy Stroud <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>
You all rock!
Thanks for the many links and leads. The student I'm working with is
very impressed (and grateful). Special mention goes to Tim Ross for the
lead on the Baedeker guidebook. Using Worldcat, I found Hathi Trust has
a free scanned copy of the 1885 edition. Worldcat & Beadeker also led
me to Rice University's TIMEA's, a scanned collection that "contains
over 25,000 pages from travel guidebooks, museum catalogs, travelogues,
and other works documenting travel in the Middle East, particularly
Egypt in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries." It has a fairly
rich map section.
Additional thanks to Michael Fry for tracking down some later editions
of the Baedeker and getting me images of the map.
Once again, I'm impressed by the rich and varied resources my colleagues
are able to locate at the drop of a hat.
Kathy Stroud
David and Nancy Petrone Map/GIS Librarian
Knight Library
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299
541-346-3051
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Looking for historic maps of Tahrir Square in Downtown Cairo
>> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:41:09 -0700
>> From: Kathy Stroud <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
>> <[log in to unmask]>
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>>
>> All,
>>
>> I'm working with a Landscape Architecture Student who has a project
>> dealing with Tahrir Square in Downtown Cairo. He is looking for historic
>> maps, possibly as far back as the original design. Our collection is
>> very limited. Does anyone have maps they would be willing to loan us or
>> send us a copy?
>>
>> Below is a little more information about the square:
>>
>> "Tahrir was also known as Midan Ismailiyya, named after Khedive Ismail.
>> The man responsible for designing Tahrir as a part of the greater design
>> of Downtown Cairo was Ali Pasha Mubarak. He studied in Paris between
>> 1844 and 1849, and his compendium/descriptions of Cairo are included in
>> a work called al-Khitat al-Tawfiqiyya al-Jadida."
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> --
>> Kathy Stroud
>> David and Nancy Petrone Map/GIS Librarian
>> Knight Library
>> 1299 University of Oregon
>> Eugene, OR 97403-1299
>> 541-346-3051
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> Tim Ross, Map & Reference Librarian
> Koerner Library, Univ. of British Columbia
> 1958 Main Mall, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z2
> Phone: (604) 822-6191 Fax: (604) 822-9122
> Email: [log in to unmask]
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