--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 16:00:40 -0500 From: Susan Greaves <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Mysterious Michelin map Sender: Susan Greaves <[log in to unmask]> Hello. I wonder if anyone has come across a map similar to this one (and can tell me more about it): One side of the map is the northern sheet of Michelin's Les Grandes Routes, the road map of France at 1:1,000,000. It was printed by Schneider F'res & Mary. There is no date on this sheet but it appears 1930s - 1940s. The Michelin Man is not smoking his cigar - when did he stop? The other side is a fragment of a German map of Great Britain at 1:63,360. Our fragment covers Bath and Bristol. The map itself is in English and appears to be a section of a pre-7th Series Ordnance Survey map - except the legend is in German. Publication information has been trimmed off to fit the Michelin map on verso. Any ideas? I am guessing that paper shortages occurred post WWII and that Michelin printed the new maps on the foreign topographic maps in order to meet the demand for up-to-date information. But I have not yet located mention of a German map of England at that scale in the various catalogs I've checked - does anyone have information about this map? That's today's mystery! Thank you if you can provide further information or direction for research. -- Susan __________________________________________ Susan Greaves Map Librarian Instruction, Research & Information Services 017 Olin Library, Cornell University Ithaca, New York 14853-5301 voice 607-255-9566 / fax 607-255-9346 --- End Forwarded Message ---