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TELEPHONE 01491 3520 :::::::=:::;;=::::.J Contents International Map Collectors' Society Spring 1987 Volume 7 No. 1 Page No. Contents/Notice of Committee Meetings ............................................................... 1 IMCoS List of Officers............................................................................................. 2 Notes from the Chairman/Future Copy Dates ......................................................... 3 Letters to the Editor ............................... ..................... ............... ...................... ...... 4 IMCoS Tooley Award/Ronald Vere Tooley .............................................................. 5 Somerset: Mile Scale Error from Saxton to Ordenance Survey .............................. 7 IMCoS Library ........................................................................ ._ ............................... 11 Notice of A.G.M./Catalogues Received/Members Subscriptions .............................. 15 Measuring the Earth - 250th Anniversary ............................................................... 1 7 Writing about Maps ................................................................................................. 19 IMCoS visit to 'The Art of Map Making' Exhibition at the R.G.S ............................ 21 Mapping Great Britain's Industrial Revolution: Two Classic Maps of the 1830s •...... 23 COPY DATE FOR NEXT ISSUE 9 MAY 1987 NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETINGS Oak Room 5.30 pm The Farmers Club 3 ~itehall Court London SW1A 2EL (Embankment Underground) Comnittee Meetings are held monthly and overseas representatives visiting London are welcome to attend. 1987: Tue. 12 May A.G.M. Wed. 9 September Wed. 10 june Tue. 13 October Tue. 14 july Wed. 11 November August : no meeting Tue. 8 December - 1 - IMCoS List of Officers Council Members Canada: Edward H. Dahl , National Map Collection , Public Archives of Hel en Wall is : President Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Rodney Shi rley : Past President Ottawa, K 1A ON3 . Tony Campbell, London; Dr. J .B. Harley, Exeter; Dr . Mireille Pastoureau, Paris; Dr Gunter Schilder, Cyprus .· Andreas J. Hadjipaschalis, P.O. Utrecht. Box 4506, Nicosia. Finland: Jan Strang, Antiikki- Kirja , Executive Officers Kalevankatu 25 , SF-00100 Helsmki. Chairman: Malcolm R. Young, 9 Lower France: (Restdent in London) Jacques Grosvenor Place, London Reutemann , 108 !verna Court, SW1W OEN . London WB 6TX. Directors . Clifford Stephenson Germany: Prof. Dr. 0 Novak, Adenauerallee Themis Strongilos 23, D-5300 Bonn I, Federal Kjartan Gunnarsson Republic of Germany. Secretary & Harry Pearse, 29 Mount Ephraim Greece: Themis Strongilos, 19 Rigillis Treasurer.· Road , Streatham, London Street, GR 106 74 , Athens. SW16 1 NO . Tel: 01-769 5041 (Answerphone servtce) Iceland: Kjartan Gunnarsson, Lyfjabudin ldunn, Laugavegi 40(a), Reykjavik. Executive Terry Kay, 31 Hill Side Crescent, Officer: Harrow, Middlesex HA2 OOU Israel: Eva Wajntraub, 4 Brenner Street, Jerusalem. Membersh ip Mrs. C. Batchelor, Pikes, The Secretary: Ridgeway, Oxshott, Leatherhead , Italy: J. D. Maranelli, Apex S.N.C., Surrey KT22 OLG . 20123 Milano, Via G.B. Vico 42 . International Alan Bartlett, St . Raphael , 2B Japan: Kazumasa Yamashita, 10-7 Secretary: Fontmell Park, Ashford , Mtddlesex 2-Chome, Sendagaya, Shibuya-ku, TW15 2NW. Tokyo. Editor: Stephen Luck, 83 Marylebone High Netherlands: Werner Lbwenhardt, P.O. Box Street, London W1 M 4AL. 2216, Koningsplein 1, Amsterdam. PubliCi ty Yasha Beresiner, 1A Campden New Zealand: Neil McKinnon, P.O. Box 847, Officer: Walk, Islington Green, London Timaru. N1 BOY . Tel : (h) 01 -349 2207 (w) 01 -354 2599 Portugal: J .C. Silva, Travessa de Queimada Telex 896462 Inform G. 28, Lisbon 2. Scotland· Bill Waugh, 15 Greyfriars Garden, Appointed Officers St. Andrews, Ftfe KY16 9DE . South Afnca: Oscar Norwich, 44 Garden Road, Librarian Tony Burgess, Weston House, Orchard 2192, Johannesburg. Eltham Green, London SE9 5LB. Spain: Jaime Armero, General Pardinas, Photographer & Davtd Webb, Manor Farm, Atworth, 69, Madrid 6. Slide Registrar: Melksham, Wiltshire SN 12 8HZ. Sweden: Gunnar Skoog, Lundvagen 142 Warwick Leadlay, Gallery, 5 Nelson Advertising Box 6, S-201 21 Malmo. Manager: Road, Greenwich, London SE10 9JE. Turkey: F. Muhtar Katircioglu , 14 Karanfil Araligi, Leven!- Istanbul. Representatives U.K ..· (N .W.) Alan Hulme, 54 Lower Bridge Street, Chester. America , Paul F. Glynn, Casa El Carmen, 3a (N .E.) Clifford Stephenson . Central: Avenida Norte No. 8, Antigua, (Midlands) Paul Sabin Guatemala. U.S.A. : (Central) Kenneth Nebenzahl, 333 America , Dr. Lorenzo Guller Frers, Paseo North Mtchigan Ave ., Chicago, South: Colon 315, 1063 Buenos Aires , Illinois 60601 . Argentina. (East) Ralph E. Ehrenberg, Geography and Map Division, The Australia: David G.L. Worland, 33 Wolseley Library of Congress, Washington, Road, Point Piper, N.S.W. 2027. D.C. 20540. Notes from the Chairman The theme for the London Symposium on June 20th will be "The Sciences of the World of Maps' the Symposium takes place at the Science Museum entrance Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7. Caroline and Peter Batchelor have kindly offered to look after the dinner arrangements which is being held at the Refectory, Sherfield Building, Imperial College, SW7, adjacent to the Science Museum. We look forward to seeing many members and their guests. Dinner 7pm for 8pm. Tooley Adams & Co, have kindly asked Symposium delegates and map fair exhibitors to a recep tion at their premises on Friday 19th June 5.30 - 8.30pm. The Spring meeting at the Royal Geographical Society on Thursday 26th Feb. was a great success. The Dutch Exhibition "The Art of Map Making" was supplemented by maps from the R.G S. 'sown map library. I would like to thank our hosts the R.G.S. and map room staff for making this meeting possible. I have pleasure in welcoming Mr and Mrs Rooney of Bangkok as our representatives for Thailand. The Memorial Service for Ronald Vere Tooley took place at the Grosvenor Chapel, South Audley Street, London W1, on February 23rd. Many members attended to pay their respects to this great man of cartography. The address was given by Dr Helen Wallis O.B ..E., the President of the Society with readings by Clive Farahar and Stephanie Hoppen. Eva Wajntraub our representative for Israel has plans well in hand for the Israel Symposium Oct. 25-28th. Details are avaHable from Eva Wajntraub, or our International Secretary, Alan Bartlett Would contributors please keep to the copy dates for the Journal in order for our Journal to be published on time, and also to ease the load of our busy editor Stephen Luck. I would like to use this occasion to thank Stephen for the time he gives to the Society affairs not only as editor but also as our designer and print buyer. I am sure you will have noticed the improvement in content and graphic design of our Journal since our earlier editions. Geoffrey Ramsden our treasurer has now handed over to Harry Pearce. On your behalf I would like to thank Geoffrey for his help over the past 2% years and for keeping our affairs in good order. Our treasurer and Secretary Harry Pearce is now equipped with an Answerphone. This will help to make contact with the Society easier. Stuart Jackson of Manchester has joined our Symposium and Map Fair committee, he requires volunteers to help man our stand at the Map Fair. If you can help please contact the Secretary either before or on the day of the Map Fair. Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday May 12th at the r:armers Club 3. Whitehall Court, London SW1 at 6pm. We look forward to seeing members. (Embankment Underground) MALCOLM YOUNG INTERNATIONAL MAP COLLECTORS' SOCIETY Future Copy Dates: 1st August 7th November 5th february 1988 6th May 1988 COPY DATE FOR NEXT ISSUE 9TH MAY Letters to the Editor Dear Sir Enclosed is a translation of an article which appeared in one of Turkey's leading national papers. It might illustrate why we have practically no serious map collectors in Turkey, and why I find it extremely difficult to develop a market for antique maps. Should you not see me at the next IMCoS meeting in London 1987, you can have a good guess as to wherei l may be! Yours faithfully F, Muhtar Katircioglu Karanfil Araligi No. 14 80620 Lenent Istanbul Turkey Translation of article in "CUMHURIYET" 10.9.1986., page 6, column 7. The trial has started in Kusadasi (Scala Nova) of a tourist guide for possession of a map pertaining to the Ottoman period, on the grounds that the map was supporting "Regionalism", this being a means of spreading Communist propaganda. The trial is being conducted in the State Security Tribunal, the prosecutor demanding a sentence of up to 15 years at a hard labour penitentiary. The accused, a Mr Muzaffa Ersin Kanuk, a tourist guide, at the start of his trial yesterday, that dur ing a search of his premises by the security forces,