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Europe and the Near East

Title
Europe and the Near East / compiled and drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society ; Gilbert Grosvenor, editor; James M. Darley, chief cartographer; physiography by Charles E. Riddiford.
Author
National Geographic Society (U.S.). Cartographic Section.
Publication
  • Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, June 1943
  • Baltimore, M.D. : printed by A. Hoen and Co., Lithographers ; [1943]

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StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
CartographicUse in library Map Div. 24-1295Schwarzman Building - Map Division Desk Room 117

Details

Additional Authors
Darley, James M. (James Morrison)
Description
1 map : color, lithograph; 82 x 94 cm
Subject
  • Europe > Maps
  • Middle East > Maps
  • Europe > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
  • Middle East > Administrative and political divisions > Maps
Genre/Form
Maps.
Note
  • Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
  • "Copyright 1943 by the National Geographic Society, Washington D.C."
  • "Azimuthal equidistant projection (pole of projection at latitude 50° north, longitude 20°30' east)."
  • "International boundaries as of Sept. 1, 1939, the day Germany invaded Poland."
  • Includes table giving "distances between European ports and other important world ports via shortest navigable routes," list of country names in English and romanized form, words for common geographical features in multiple languages, and inset: The Middle East.
  • Shows capitals, ruins, canals, passes, railways, oil pipe lines, glaciers, swamps, wadies, relief, and desert.
Indexed In (note)
  • New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division
Call Number
Map Div. 24-1295
LCCN
map54001098
OCLC
5926229
Author
National Geographic Society (U.S.). Cartographic Section.
Title
Europe and the Near East / compiled and drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society ; Gilbert Grosvenor, editor; James M. Darley, chief cartographer; physiography by Charles E. Riddiford.
Publisher
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, June 1943
Manufacturer
Baltimore, M.D. : printed by A. Hoen and Co., Lithographers ; [1943]
Cartographic Data
Scale 1:6,000,000. 94.7 miles to the inch ; azimuthal equidistant projection.
Type of Content
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
sheet
Indexed In:
New York Public Library. Dictionary catalog of the Map Division, vol. 3, page 808, column 3, row 6
Added Author
Darley, James M. (James Morrison)
Research Call Number
Map Div. 24-1295 [Filed as Europe Whole - 1943]
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