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Subject: Colors on Maps
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:14:32 -0700
From: Diaz, Carlos <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps-L (E-mail) <[log in to unmask]>
A couple of weeks ago, I was doing a maps presentation for a class and I
was asked how cartographers pick the colors that are given to countries
on the maps. Is there any particular significance to them?
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Carlos A. Diaz
Government Documents Specialist
Government Documents/Maps
Daniel J. Evans Library
The Evergreen State College
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Olympia, WA 98505
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