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        MAPS-L Subscribers:
 
        HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SUMMER!  One of those inetersting geographic
        "Things."  Tropic of Cancer etc.
 
        I need your assistance in locating information about a Colonel and
        Engineer named FRANCISCO VELA.  I know that he was born in 1859 and
        died 1909 and worked in Guatemala in 1904 - 1905.  He created the
        "Mapa en Relieve" in Guatemala City.
 
        Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of LC's Bibliography of
        Cartography and have not checked there yet.  I would appreciate
        someone checking that publication for me.  I do plan to search
        LOCIS today. Tooley's list of map makers does not include Vela.
 
        This is just the beginning of some research on Vela and I would
        most appreciate your help.  Thanks in advance.
 
        Jim Minton
        The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
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        (615) 974-4315