Re: [MapHist] Belgian 1;40,000 map scales

2011-05-02 Thread Rink W. Kruk
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Dear Hillary, I just asked our Documentation Service on the issue you have raised. We will get back to you (NGI = successor of

[MapHist] Cambridge History of Cartography seminar, 10 May, 5.30pm

2011-05-02 Thread Anne Taylor
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Dear all Apologies for cross-posting The next Cambridge Seminar in the History of Cartography will be held in the Gardner Room,

[MapHist] Request for illustration

2011-05-02 Thread KitTheMap
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Hi! For a presentation I require an illustration of a coach or carriage as it might be used for measuring distances. There is

RE: [MapHist] Request for illustration

2011-05-02 Thread Cartographic Associates
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Hello Kit: Send me an email off-line (m...@erols.com) and I will send you several jpeg images of F. R. Hassler's surveying

Re: [MapHist] The Four Surveyors

2011-05-02 Thread Deborah Taylor-Pearce
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Giulio, no evidencies because for you 'seeing is not beliving'. You do non think with your own mind. Somebody else has to see

[MapHist] Re: Humboldt map of false positions

2011-05-02 Thread Dyallen2
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Thanks to all those who responded to my question about Alexander von Humboldt's map. The answers were useful and informative.

Re: [MapHist] Request for illustration

2011-05-02 Thread Virginia R Hetrick PhD
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Hi, Kit - I don't know the official way, but a simple way would be to determine the circumference of one wheel (or trail a fifth

Re: [MapHist] Request for illustration

2011-05-02 Thread giulio pizzati
This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the whole list) o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + Kit See  the ODOMETER  of  Vitruvius (De Architectura) 27 / 23 BC. Odometer from Greek Odos , road, Metreo, to measure. See also