-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Kurdistan maps Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 17:37:30 -0500 From: "ahudson" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] ------------------ In an article in The New York Times, January 22, 2003, p. 1, and A8, about dreams for a Kurdish State, several illustrations in the article showed maps of Kurdistan. The article starts out with, 'A common and curious sight in northern Iraq is a glossy color map about the size of a doormat on display in many homes and on sale in every bazaar. The map defines a territory beginning at the northeastern corner of the Mediterranean Sea and extending east,north and south, ending more than 200 miles inside Iran. Its name is "Kurdistan," the limits of a land claim spanning large parts of four nations. It is also the name of a fifth nation, which does not exist.' My question is whether this map, "for sale in every bazaar in northern Iraq," is available in any way from some of our whizbang map dealers? Yes, numerous variants are on the Web...and we have printed many off and even set up a folder for Kurdistan, for the historical record. I am interested in the map for sale in Iraq. ps: if maps of Kurdistan are cataloged, how are they handled geographically, qualitatively [fantasy maps?]... Any ideas out there? 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 The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. - Nelson Henderson