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Northern and southern hemispheres
Title
Northern and southern hemispheres / compiled and drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society for the National Geographic Magazine ; Gilbert Grosvenor, editor ; James Darley, Chief Cartographer ; designed by C.E. Riddiford ; culture by A.E. Holdstock ; relief by Donald G. Bouma ; lithographed by Newman-Rudolph Lithographing Co., Chicago.
Published
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, April 1943.
Physical Description
1 map : col. ; 2 hemispheres each 80 cm. in diam., on sheet 90 x 170 cm.
Cartographic Detail
Scale 1:25 000 000. 395 miles to the inch ; Azimuthal equidistant proj. (W 180°--E 180°/N 90°--S 90°).
Local Notes
SMLMAP 11 1943C: Stamp on verso: Ellsworth Huntington Collection.
Notes
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Depths shown by soundings.
"International boundaries as of Sept. 1, 1939".
"Scale true along meridians."
Ancillary maps: [1.] World terrain -- [2.] Time zones.
Includes 2 lists, "Geographical equivalents" and abbreviations, tables of airline distances for each of the four hemispheres, and notes.
Variant and related titles
National geographic magazine.
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 22, 2008
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
World maps - 1943.
Time zone maps - World - 1943.
Also listed under
Newman-Rudolph Lithographing Co.
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