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'"The iPad allows for greater intimacy and engagement akin to reading the original and we are delighted to be the first to provide full access to some of our unique treasures in this way," said Frances Brindle of the British Library in London. "The Library is committed to maximizing access to all of its collections and increasingly, digital variations of books and manuscripts are allowing us to do just that." The e-books feature page-turning technology to recreate the experience of holding the manuscripts and will enable users to access in-depth detail about the works they are viewing, including written, video and audio interpretations. Mercator's Atlas is another precious manuscript available to download alongside Da Vinci's Arundel Codex. The volume was painstakingly compiled by hand in the 16th century by Flemish mapmaker Gerardus Mercator, the man believed to have coined the term "atlas" for a collection of maps. "Mercator was one of the best known map makers and the atlas is the most important surviving collection of his hand drawn maps," Peter Barber, head of cartographic and topographic material at the British Library, told Reuters. "It contains work from the 1564 hand drawn map of Great Britain, hailed as the first modern map of the island. The atlas was put together by hand to create something quite remarkable," he added ... The British Library expects 75 titles to become available over the next two years, either as entire texts or sections of highlights of the library's most precious manuscripts.' http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/sns-rt-us-books-davinci-codextre77f3a20110816,0,5816687.story Tony Campbell i...@tonycampbell.info
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