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Incog Neato · Boot Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 66 Location: Virginia, USA

Good eyes Kitkatgirl....a couple of us last night were trying to figure out what was around the edges....but I guess our monitors(or our eyes) are not as sharp as yours!

I wholeheartedly agree that somewhere/somehow we are to figure out a set of coordinates in order to locate Book Zero. As to whether or not we have them yet.....your guess is as good as mine. Wink

Curiouser and curiouser....

**Posted:** Wed Oct 05, 2005 1:18 pm

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shylilembrace · Entrenched Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 781

kitkat girl nice work and i'm glad your so eager but please if someone hasn't posted after you yet edit your post and add the new info to it. This thread is now officially huge.

**Posted:** Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:03 pm

angel2k10 · Boot Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Posts: 60 Location: scotland

so are either of these places relevent i don't know anything about the geography of london

**Posted:** Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:49 pm

Law of Five · Guest

Must get around to registering here, really...

More on the two maps of London. I'm not a Londoner, but using Google maps I've come up with the following observation:

The first map, with the image of Newton as divine geometer which pops up when you roll your mouse over (saying 'I am your starting point') appears to be a map of London in the Tudor era (late 1400s-early1600s). Oldmap.co.uk suggests this map came from an atlas published in 1610, which is before the Great Fire. The map shows an area on the north bank of the river Thames, running from Aldgate in the east, including Bishopsgate and Moorgate and running about as far as the site of the modern St Paul's in the west. To the north, it shows the area about as far north as the modern Barbican station. There are 4 points on the map which might be significant:

1. where Newton is pointing with his finger: appears to be on the other side of the road from Monument Tube station, possibly in King William Street. Just north of the northern end of London Bridge.

2. the right arm of the compass appears to lie just a bit east of point 1, probably at the eastern end of Monument Street.

3. the left arm of the compass is in the Thames, due south of St Paul's.

4. the shadow of the vertex made by the compass hinge is projected onto Mansion House Place or St Swithin's Lane, just south of the Bank Tube station.

The second map shows a completely different area of London on the back of a spiral bound notebook. This area is west of the first map, starting at the Strand in the SE, and running up to Euston station in the NW. It appears to be based on the current pattern of streets in London, but the roads and squares (eg. Russell Square) have been blocked out in black. The area includes Piccadilly in the west, Covent Garden in the middle, Lincoln's Inn Fields in the east and the Euston Road at the top. Most of the bombs in July went off in these areas, south of King's Cross. This map is given at fairly low resolution, but you can make out the grid markers at the top (ABCDEF) and at the side (indecipherable). It looks as if it's been photoshopped, maybe from a satellite image wit the roads drawn on in black.

So we know where to look (but which map?), and when (the FOUND bookmark suggests it will be found on the full moon, showing a full, empty circle). Now we need someone to work out a grid reference...

Law of Five

**Posted:** Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:10 pm

angel2k10 · Boot Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Posts: 60 Location: scotland

bloomin heck good work five Worshippy

**Posted:** Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:10 pm

kitkatgirl

Great, I'm home! Sorry Shy for adding so incongruously to the already oversized thread...Im new to all this ARG business and got a bit over -excited when I thought I had something to contribute. I have been following this avidly since the very second Graeme posted on lazylaces and would love to help out where I can. I also dont mind being told off every so often if I deserve it! Very Happy

As for the posts since,

**Posted:** Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:31 pm

Incog Neato · Boot Joined: 17 Sep 2005 Posts: 66 Location: Virginia, USA

I liked the idea of trying 2-C....since the beginning of the Blake line is To See. Seems like the kind of twist Islington would use. To bad it does not go 0-9 I would suggest B-0(Book Zero).

Honestly, no other singular letters or numbers come to mind from the material we have been presented with thus far....though....I am only just now getting home from work so I shall take a more thorough look.

I am soooo happy that some of you guys have monitors worth a damn.....I still can only vaguely make out squiggles on the sides of the map! Wink

Carry on....

**Posted:** Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:26 pm

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kitkatgirl

Yeah, the 2 C thing felt kinda nice to me too. I only had a short time in work to look closely to where that point corresponds to on the map, but from what i could tell, it pointed to Judd Street. An extensive Google search on that didnt lead to anything much tho, the only thing that vaguley pricked my interest was a Photographic Book Shop, but I didnt have much time to investigate further. I'll take a closer look and see if I can come up with anything.

**Posted:** Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:36 pm

Withe Bartbi · Veteran Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 125

Okay my children, in the spirit of minimizing the weight of this thread, (and organization) we now have a new thread to discuss all things Book Zero. Let's move the Book Zero convo to here.

**Posted:** Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:51 pm

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jillah pie · Guest

i didnt think this would fit on any of the other new boards, so here it is:
orkid posted in her livejournal!

**Posted:** Thu Oct 06, 2005 8:13 pm

shylilembrace · Entrenched Joined: 08 May 2005 Posts: 781

**Posted:** Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:33 am

audioslave · Unfettered Joined: 25 Sep 2005 Posts: 547 Location: Canada

hhmmm...Isli hasn't been doing much latley, usually means he's planning something rather big...

**Posted:** Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:22 am

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soulseer · Boot Joined: 29 Sep 2005 Posts: 12

ooooo shy got noticed Rolling Eyes

**Posted:** Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:41 am

sollune · Boot Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 53 Location: Australia

Orkid has a new post in her blog. she found a job.
hooray for her!

i want a job too.. Sad

~soll

**Posted:** Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:00 pm