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Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 11:35:15 -0500
From: ahudson <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: 2 recent map articles
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     Two recent map articles of interest in non-map sources

     "Paradise misplaced. Modern man knows where he stands. His map tells
     him."  [unsigned article in The Economist, Vol. 353, No. 8151,
     December 31st, 1999, p. 45. Watch out, this Millennium special edition
     has two sets of page numbering.]

     This issue of The Economist is amazing, and the entire issue is a
     great read. The "illuminated manuscript" cover is a hoot, with its
     female scribe facing down her p.c. and furry mouse.  I was pleased to
     see mapmaking recognized as a millennial moment.

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     "Jean-Nicolas Desandrouins and His overlooked map of 18th-Century
     Williamsburg. A closer look at a seemingly familiar drawing of the
     city in 1781 turns up heretofore unnoticed details," by Martha W.
     McCartney.   Colonial Williamsburg, Vol. XXI, No. 6,  December
     1999/January 2000, p. 45-48.

     Enjoy!

     Alice Hudson
     Map Division, NYPL
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