----------------------------Original message---------------------------- On Mon, 2 Feb 1998 16:41:30 EST Brian Marshall <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- > I am compiling a list of maps of New Zealand published in nineteenth > century periodicals, and need help with the following: > > In volume 7 (new series), 1844, of The Chritian Remembrancer, there > is a map titled Diocese of New Zealand. London, Printed for the > Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, February 1843. The map > precedes page 393. I have seen this map only on microfilm, so need > the following details please: scale, measurements within the neat > lines, and whether the map is coloured or black and white. Any > other details that appear on the map (engraver, etc.) would also be > useful. Can anyone help, please. > > Brian Marshall > > > > > Brian Marshall > Geography Librarian "It is not good for the > University of Auckland soul to travel faster than > Private Bag 92019 the trot of a camel". > Auckland New Zealand > > Telephone 64 9 3737599 extn 8452 > [log in to unmask] Dear Brian, The quick answer to your enquiry is: Scale: 1:6,336,000 Measurements within neat line: 26.5 x 21cm Colour / Black & White?: Black & White Other details: "Drawn & Engraved by J. Archer" I hope this helps. With best wishes, Nick Millea ________________________________________________________ Nick Millea Map Curator, Bodleian Library, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3BG, UK tel : +44 1865 277013 fax : +44 1865 277139 email : [log in to unmask] homepage: http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/guides/maps/ ________________________________________________________