--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 14:47:41 -0400 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Scandinavian maps exhibition dates; new Enterline book on northern mapping Sender: [log in to unmask] Just a note on a couple of things: "Scandia: Important Early maps of the Northern Regions and Maps and Charts of Norway From the collection of William B. and Inger G. Ginsberg" is at Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue, near 38th Street [a few blocks south of Grand Central Terminal] . The exhibition closes August 16, 2002. Scandinavia House is closed on Saturdays in the summer, so please plan accordingly. Info at 212-879-9779. The exhibition was beautifully reviewed by Roberta Smith in the 4.26.02 NYTimes. There is a catalog for this exhibition, which of course has walked away from me, but I will post the isbn and title asap. Erikson, Eskimos & Columbus, Medieval European Knowledge of America, is the newest book from independent scholar James Robert Enterline. You may know of his earlier book, Viking America, the Norse crossings and their legacy, 1972, and his articles in "Terrae Incognitae, the journal for the History of Discoveries." Isbn for "Erikson, Eskimos & Columbus..." is 0-8018-6660-x Both of these books belong in research map collections. If you are in the metro area, do drop by to see the exhibition, and stop by the Map Division to say hello. [Just not on Sundays or Mondays when we are not open!] Alice C. Hudson Chief, Map Division The Humanities and Social Sciences Library The New York Public Library 5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117 New York, NY 10018-2788 [log in to unmask]; 212-930-0589; fax 212-930-0027 http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html --- End Forwarded Message ---