-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: somalia nautical charts & piracy Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 13:44:24 -0500 From: erno bonebakker <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] References: <[log in to unmask]> Hi Alice: I there may not be any charts, only descriptions of corridors such as that in the following: http://www.nga.mil/MSISiteContent/StaticFiles/MISC/wwtts/wwttw_20081128100000.txt for more background, you might start with this site: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/pirates.htm hope this helps! mapster and mariner Regards, Erno R Bonebakker 91 Park St. Portland, ME 04101 207.871.0048 please note new telephone number On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Maps-L Moderator <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Please share answers with the list. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: somalia nautical charts & piracy Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 11:58:56 -0500 From: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> I have asked local chart dealers here in New York, who sell charts from around the world, about recent charts showing the protected safety lanes off Somalia, where shipping may theoretically! pass without danger from pirates. No luck. Is anyone aware of such charts being available? In one of the many news articles about this story in the NY Times or Washington Post, such charts were described very briefly and vaguely. [Naturally I pitched the paper without thinking to save the info...] I suspect the source might be the British Admiralty, but am not sure, and it could be they are not paper but electronic charts. Just curious...as I would like to obtain an example of same for our map collections. Alice C. Hudson Chief, The Lionel Pincus & Princess Firyal 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] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>, 212-930-0589, fax 212-930-0027 Hours: 1-7:30 Tu & Wed, 1-6 Thurs-Sat. Closed Sun, Mon. http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html --