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Caspian region : promise and peril ; The Caspian from orbit
- Title
- Caspian region : promise and peril ; The Caspian from orbit / produced by National Geographic Maps for National Geographic Magazine ; Allen Carroll, Director of Cartography.
- Author
- National Geographic Maps (Firm)
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Cartographic | Use in library | Map Div. 99-393 | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Desk Room 117 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Carroll, Allen.
- Description
- 2 maps on 1 sheet : both sides, col.; 49 x 77 cm. and 38 x 52 cm., sheet 80 x 52 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Caspian region, promise and peril
- Caspian from orbit
- Caspian Sea
- Subject
- Ethnology > Caspian Sea Region > Maps
- Petroleum industry and trade > Caspian Sea Region > Maps
- Natural gas > Caspian Sea Region > Maps
- Pollution > Caspian Sea Region > Maps
- Fish hatcheries > Caspian Sea Region > Maps
- Sturgeon fisheries > Caspian Sea > Maps
- Caspian Sea Region > Maps
- Caspian Sea Region > Remote-sensing maps
- Caspian Sea > Maps
- Caspian Sea Region > Population > Economic aspects
- Note
- Political map and remote-sensing map showing Caspian Sea and surrounding region.
- Relief shown by shading and spot heights. Depths shown by gradient tints and soundings.
- "Supplement to National Geographic, May 1999."
- Designed to be folded to 20 x 13 cm.
- Political map includes "Geographic equivalents" table, notes, and for each country a "Country indicators" box showing population, per capita income, crude oil reserves, and natural gas reserves.
- Sections on remote-sensing map side: 1. A dynamic landscape -- 2. A tapestry of cultures -- 3. The struggle for prosperity.
- Section 1 includes remote-sensing map, text, notes, and 4 insets; Section 2 includes map, text, and col. ill.; and Section 3 includes text, col. ill., graph showing declining sturgeon catches, and 2 ancillary maps, one showing oil and gas fields, pollution, and fish hatcheries, and the other showing oil and gas export routes and related petroleum industry information.
- Call Number
- Map Div. 99-393
- OCLC
- 41466710
- 41329444
- Author
- National Geographic Maps (Firm)
- Title
- Caspian region : promise and peril ; The Caspian from orbit / produced by National Geographic Maps for National Geographic Magazine ; Allen Carroll, Director of Cartography.
- Imprint
- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c1999.
- Cartographic Data
- Scale 1:7,100,000. 1 in. = 112 mi. ; Lambert conformal conic proj. (E 20⁰--E 90⁰/N 55⁰--N 25⁰)."Scale varies in this perspective."
- Added Author
- Carroll, Allen.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 99-393 [Filed with Asia, West, 1999]