[MapHist] The Cairo Institute's maps

2011-12-21 Thread Tony Campbell
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 + Further on the burning of the Scientific Institute in Cairo Gulf News reports that the ruler of Sharjah has promised to meet the

[MapHist] Cairo fire - follow up

2011-12-21 Thread Tony Campbell
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 + Follow up to my last post. There is a good account from the Arab News http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article550955.ece It

[MapHist] Alternative Investing 2011 - Mapping a Profit: Cartography and Fine Art Investment - CNBC

2011-12-21 Thread J. B. Post
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 + [sigh] http://www.cnbc.com/id/45734591 ___ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on

[MapHist] Alternative Investing 2011 - Mapping a Profit: Cartography and Fine Art Investment - CNBC

2011-12-21 Thread Ed Dahl
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 + On Dec 21, 2011, at 10:36 AM, J. B. Post wrote: [sigh] http://www.cnbc.com/id/45734591 * I'd say this is an article not

Re: [MapHist] Appropos the Waldseemueller Map

2011-12-21 Thread Thomas Greenleaf
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 + Peter, Vlademiro and others, In speaking with John Hessler last week about the Waldseemuller facsimile it appears that they made

RE: [MapHist] Alternative Investing 2011 - Mapping a Profit:Cartography and Fine Art Investment - CNBC

2011-12-21 Thread Francis Herbert
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 + Ed: But, as Kevin Brown (Geographicus Antique Maps) blogs on the CNBC site - On another note - this article needs some

[MapHist] Prussian town location

2011-12-21 Thread Boardman, Richard
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, I'm trying to locate a very small town that was in West Prussia around the turn of the last century. It's listed in Ritter's

Re: [MapHist] Prussian town location

2011-12-21 Thread Christos Nüssli
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 + Le 21.12.2011 22:09, Boardman, Richard a écrit : This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the

Re: [MapHist] Prussian town location

2011-12-21 Thread James Dowden
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 + It's called Bystrzec in Polish. You should be able to locate this on a modern map, which may well help you with locating it on an

Re: [MapHist] Prussian town location

2011-12-21 Thread Vladimiro Valerio
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 + According to Google map, the distance from Bystrzec to Miniszek is 177 Km but the information supplied by Rich Boardman tell us a

[MapHist] 1,163 New maps on Rumsey Site

2011-12-21 Thread David Rumsey
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 + 1,163 new maps and images have been added to the David Rumsey Map Collection at www.davidrumsey.com A blog post listing the new

Re: [MapHist] Prussian town location

2011-12-21 Thread Michael Ritter
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 + I suppose it's this one: about three km south of the city centre of Grudziadz (former Graudenz) there is Mniszek (Mischke),

Re: [MapHist] Prussian town location

2011-12-21 Thread Dee Longenbaugh
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 + According to Google, there are two towns that could be the one sought, one was in Poland and the other in West Prussia. Could that

Re: [MapHist] FW: Bistritsky

2011-12-21 Thread Kamil Nieścioruk
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, Or perhaps the Polish town of Bystrzyca (Bistrich), some 75 km W of Przemysl. There are almost 30 different Bystrzycas in