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Forwarded from 'MapHist. Francis Herbert -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gilles Palsky Sent: 14 May 2010 18:42 To: Discussion group for map history Subject: [MapHist] J. Bertin I've just had notification of the death of Jacques Bertin, on May 3, in Paris. Of course, Bertin did not contribute to history of cartography, but he was certainly a prominent figure of the XXth century history of cartography as a discipline, through his theoretical work on "Semiologie graphique" (graphical semiotics) Gilles Palsky Professeur, universite de Paris 1 Institut de Geographie 191 rue Saint-Jacques F-75005 Paris