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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Need some advice on disposing of lots of old OS Maps
Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 22:36:15 +0000
From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>
To: mapsL <[log in to unmask]>
Forwarded form carot-soc, in the hope there's someone fomr the Caribbean
listening...
Dr Brendan Whyte
Assistant Map Curator
Map Section
National Library of Australia
Parkes
ACT 2600
AUSTRALIA
> To: [log in to unmask]
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 11:55:50 +0100
> Subject: [carto-soc] Need some advice on disposing of lots of old OS
Maps
>
>
> An old friend of our family, Uncle John, died a few years ago; his
wife had
> already gone and he had no children.
>
> During his working life he was an engineer with the Public Works
Department
> (British Empire days in the '50s ) and when we were clearing out his
loft we
> found around a hundred or so old OS maps of the places he worked in,
mainly the
> West Indies and some of Ceylon and Malaya. I took the maps and they
are now
> sitting in my loft and we are about to move house so I have
rediscovered them.
> It was my intention to send them all to a library somewhere in the
Caribbean
> where they could be of some use (probably for historical interest)
but I never
> got around to it.
&g! t;
> Most of these OS maps are at a huge scale, about 1:25,000. I have no
idea if
> they are valuable or of academic interest only. What I do know is
that they are
> of no use to me, and there is no way on earth I can bring myself to
throw them
> into the skip along with the other forgettable stuff that we've
picked up in
> our lives and are now getting rid of with the impending move.
>
> When Uncle John retired to darkest Wales, he became something of an
authority
> on bee keeping. One of his bequests was that an educational centre
should be
> set up in Wales about bees and bee keeping and I am one of the
trustees to make
> this a reality.
>
> So, back to the maps. My questions are:
>
> If these maps have any value, I would like to sell them and put any
income
> earned into Uncle John's trust for bees. Is there any value in 1050's
OS maps
> at huge scales in places like the! West Indies and Ceylon (I'm pretty
sure they
> are out of print ).
>
> If not, and the maps are of academic interest only, who should I give
these
> maps to so that they will benefit the most people who need to use them
> (hopefully for free)?
>
> I would really welcome any thoughts you have.
>
> All the best
>
> Ravi
>
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