Antarctica, compiled and drawn in the Cartographic Division of the National Geographic Society for The National Geographic Magazine, Melville Bell Grosvenor, editor. James M. Darley, chief Cartographer. Azimuthal equidistant projection.Lithographed by A. Hoen and Co. Baltomore, MD. September 1957, Nationa Geographic Magazine, Vol. CXII, No. 3. (insets) Relative size of Antarctica and the United States. (with) Relation of Antarctica to the surrounding continents. (with) Queen Maud Range.
Color map of Antarctica. Published as supplement to National Geographic Magazine, volume 112, No. 3, September 1957. Relief shown hachures, spot heights and shading. Depth shown by bathymetric tints, isolines and soundings. Depth curves and soundings in Fathoms. Azimuthal equidistant projection. Map...
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National Geographic Society
1957
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Summary: | Color map of Antarctica. Published as supplement to National Geographic Magazine, volume 112, No. 3, September 1957. Relief shown hachures, spot heights and shading. Depth shown by bathymetric tints, isolines and soundings. Depth curves and soundings in Fathoms. Azimuthal equidistant projection. Map showing ocean currents and wind, glaciers, ice stations. Includes many historical notes concerning the discovery and exploration of the continent. See note field above. |
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