--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 09:12:46 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time) From: Julie Sweetkind <[log in to unmask]> Subject: a song about surveyors? Sender: [log in to unmask] Hi, As a Christmas present this year I received Mark Knopfler's CD "Sailing to Philadelphia." (Mark Knopfler used to be the lead singer and guitarist for Dire Straits.) To my surprise, I found that the song "Sailing to Philadelphia" is actually about Jeremiah Mason and Charles Dixon, the surveyors of the Mason/Dixon line. It's a very nice song that discusses the history of the two men and their trip to America to "draw the line." It is the only song I can remember to cover map making. Are there any others? The CD, by the way, is excellent in case you're looking for some new music. Julie ---------------------- Julie Sweetkind GIS and Map Librarian Branner Earth Sciences Library 201 Mitchell Bldg., M/S 2210 Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305 650-725-1103 [log in to unmask] --- End Forwarded Message ---