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Cable & Wireless great circle map
- Title
- Cable & Wireless great circle map / MacDonald Gill.
- Author
- Gill, MacDonald, 1884-1947.
- Publication
- London : Edward Stanford, Ltd., 1945.
- ©1946
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. 23-1058 | Schwarzman Building - Map Division Desk Room 117 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Cable and Wireless, ltd.
- Description
- 1 map : color; on sheet 101 x 127 cm
- Alternative Title
- Cable and Wireless great circle map
- Britain the world centre, cable & wireless great circle map
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Maps.
- Note
- "Mark your cables via Imperial."
- "Explanation -- On this projection distances are correct only along straight lines radiating from London and may be measured on the graphical scales. The Great Circle bearing from London to any point may be obtained by projecting a straight line from London through the point to the edge of the map and reading the figure on the periphery."
- Shows direction of wireless beams from London to locations worldwide.
- Includes pictorial images relating to Cable & Wireless, Ltd. including four corner roundels: "A wireless transmitter", "Mobile telegraph sta--(Mediterranean)", "S.S. Great Eastern, 1865", "A modern cableship" and two smaller roundels flanking main map: "Cable loading into boat", "Cable transfer gear."
- "Copyright of Cable & Wireless, Ltd 7-46."
- Call Number
- Map Div. 23-1058
- OCLC
- 316515638
- Author
- Gill, MacDonald, 1884-1947.
- Title
- Cable & Wireless great circle map / MacDonald Gill.
- Publisher
- London : Edward Stanford, Ltd., 1945.
- Copyright Date
- ©1946
- Cartographic Data
- Scale approximately 1:44,732,160.
- Type of Content
- cartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Added Author
- Cable and Wireless, ltd.
- Research Call Number
- Map Div. 23-1058