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Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 10:25:21 -0000
From: Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: RE: historical map scales <fwd>
Sender: Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]>


John Olson:

First of all, try the appended website directly (which you could have
discovered through the History of Cartography gateway):-

http://www.kb.nl/kb/resources/framenet_kb.html?/kb/skd/skd/mathemat.html

If you prefer a work (i.e. a book) on the same subject in Portuguese to read
in bed, I can supply bibliographic details of this tomorrow.

Francis Herbert (Curator of Maps, RGS-IBG;Compiler of 'Imago Mundi
Bibliography')
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http://www.rgs.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johnnie Sutherland [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 20 March 2001 20:47
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> Subject:      historical map scales <fwd>
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> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 17:33:36 -0500
> From: "John A. Olson" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: historical map scales
> Sender: "John A. Olson" <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> Hi Everybody,
>
>         I seem to remember that there exists a book, article, or
> reference work that lists a plethora of historical map scales with
> their present day conversions or something like that. Does this ring
> a bell with anyone out there? I remember using such an item years
> ago but can't think of the title. Can anyone help me out with a
> citation?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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