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This response from the Afriterra Free Library (Boston MA) is wider in coverage than Remezov's Siberia maps, and may be useful to know about. FH -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gerald Rizzo Sent: 06 October 2010 14:57 To: Discussion group for map history Subject: Re: [MapHist] Remezov's Siberian maps digitized by Harvard To study other examples of the meticulous Harvard imaging work, there are over 2000 rare maps focused on Africa at: http://www.afriterra.org Afriterra Free Library Gerald J. Rizzo Afriterra Foundation Boston MA Tony Campbell wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *Remezov's Siberian maps digitized by Harvard* > > October 4. > > http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/houghton/2010/10/04/early-maps-of-siberia-d igitized/ > > 'Early Maps of Siberia Digitized' (by Emilie Hardman for the Houghton > Library Blogfrom Boston mA). > > A post about the recent digitization of the collection of maps by Semyon > Ul'yanovich Remezov in the Houghton Library, Harvard University. They > form part of the Leo Bagrow Collection > <http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou00027>, given to Houghton > Library by Curt H. Reisinger in 1956. The blog gives the background to > Remezov's crowning achievement, the /Khorograficheskaya Kniga > <http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/18273155>/, the cartographical > sketch-book of Siberia (1696-7). > > http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou00027 > http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/18273155 > http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.HOUGH:4435676 > > Tony Campbell > > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > ** extract from: 'Latest News' - for the full story see the link above > http://www.maphistory.info/newslatest.html > [Note. Most news entries are NOT posted to MapHist] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > List Information: http://www.maphist.nl > > Maphist mailing list > [log in to unmask] > http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist