--- Begin Forwarded Message --- 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') [log in to unmask] http://www.rgs.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Johnnie Sutherland [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 20 March 2001 20:47 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: historical map scales <fwd> > > --- Begin Forwarded Message --- > 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. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > John A. Olson [log in to unmask] > Maps/GIS Librarian T (315) 443-4818 > 358 Bird Library F (315) 443-9510 > Syracuse University > Syracuse, NY 13244 > --- End Forwarded Message --- --- End Forwarded Message ---