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Tinho: Re your last para and 'up-side-down' world map, recommendation may still (in a geography department) depend upon projection and centering used, in addition to current availability. Apart from an example on display in the BL Map Library's 'Lie of the land' exhibition [see - another 'plug'] we have here for example :- Gregory's down under map of the world / Gregory's Publishing Co. - 4th ed. - Scale 1:45 900 000 equatorial ; Mercator proj. - Macquarie Park NSW ; Auckland : Gregory, [199-]. - 1 map : col. ; 56 x 86 cm. - (Map 161). - Centred on Australia. - Oriented S at top. - ISBN 0-7319-0733-7 McArthur's universal corrective map of the world / created by S[tuart] McArthur. - [Rev. ed.]. - Scale [ca 1:40 000 000]. - Frankston VIC : S. McArthur, [1990?]. - 1 map : col. ; 55 x 85 cm. - Copyright is stated as 1979 McArthur, but shows 'Commonwealth of Independent States' (created 8.12.1991). - Oriented S at top The new world map / Ian Brackenbury Channell [&] Derek C. Banks. - Scale [ca 1:75 000 000] ; Wizard's proj. [upside-down:] Mercator. - Christchurch : The Wizard's Cosmological Research and Development Centre, [1983?]. - 1map : col. ; 34 x 55 cm. - On both sides: notes. - On verso: ill. - NB: our copy is 'temporarily mislaid' [!] so we cannot guarantee this record; if anyone has a duplicate we would welcome it (NB: we don't go looking for up-to-date editions of such maps, but if anything comes our way we'll retain it). Francis Herbert [log in to unmask] http://www.rgs.org [see 'Collections'/'Unlocking the Archives'] > -----Original Message----- > From: Tinho da Cruz [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 26 March 2002 12:17 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Mounting map for permenant display > > Dear friends > I recently tried to update a display of landranger maps in my department > (the sheets being trimmed to create a continuous stretch of the > north-west). I bought some flat landrangers, cut them up, and stuck them > to a large piece hardboard using a diluted solution of PVA adhesive (50%). > I made a rotten job of this (lots of bubbles that do not conform to the > contours) and wondered if anyone had any hints or suggestions for a > successful job, or knew of a professional company that specialised in > this, > ie mounting parts of nine sheets together. > > I hope to have mounted a number of single sheet maps for permanent display > on our stairwell. At present there are a number of framed antique prints > that give the students the idea that the main use of maps is in the field > of interior design. I wish to replace these with maps of greater > educational value. These maps I shall get mounted by a local company who > have suggested that I use Foamex rather than MDF. Does anyone have any > experience of Foamex? I'm assured that it is solid unlike foam board. > > If anyone would like to see my list of maps that I'm hoping to put up, > e-mail me personally and I'll send it. Can anyone recommend a good > 'up-side-down' map of the world, ie with south at the top? > I look forward to hearing from you. > Tinho > ./././././././././././././././././. > Antonio da Cruz (Tinho) [log in to unmask] > Map Curator, Department of Geography, Roxby Building > University of Liverpool, LIVERPOOL L69 7ZT > Telephone: 0151 794 2844 Fax: 0151 794 2866 > > See the British Archaeological Association web page > http://www.britarch.ac.uk/baa