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Ed: At first I was going to use the 'accepted' first translation option of 'serviceable' but alliteration grabbed me; the main meaning in menial. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dahl Ed Sent: 25 January 2011 16:46 To: Discussion group for map history Subject: [MapHist] Another new book: Dienstbare Kaarten Francis et al. -- A gold star for alliteration, but instead of translating "Dienstbare Kaarten" in the title of this book as "Menial Maps," I'm wondering whether "Useful Maps," or "Functional Maps" might be better. Isn't "menial" a bit meanial? Ed On Jan 25, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Francis Herbert wrote: Also from HES & De Graaf [see: [email protected] <http://[email protected]/> ], a book that I overlooked yesterday. Please NB that, as the publishers announce, this publication is in Dutch; I have kindly supplied a 'free' translation of the title in English, attempting a little alliteration . . . Other insertions also by me in [square brackets]/parentheses. FH "Available in Feb[r]uary: Dienstbare Kaarten Een cartografische geschiedenis van het Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap en het Tijdschrift, 1873-1966 [=Menial maps: a cartographic history of the Royal Dutch Geographical Society and its periodical 'Tijdschrift', 1873-1966] By [Dr] P[aul] van den Brink The main focus of attention in this study are the more than 3000 maps which were published by the Magazine (Tijdschrift) of the Royal Dutch Geographical Society (Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap) between 1873 and 1966. These have been divided into four periods, which are discussed in the elaborate introduction and which gives a complete overview of the history of the Society. The wealth and variation of the cartographical material, which has been published in this leading magazine (tijdschrift) for almost a century, led worldwide to major interest among collectors and researchers. All maps are extensively described and have been made even more accessible by adding indices on name, area and subject. In Dutch"
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