[Übersichtskarte] -- Hawaii -- Süd-Viktoria-Land -- Saumriff Upolu (Samoa-I.) -- Atoll Funafuti (Ellice-I.) Wallriff Luf (Admiralitäts-I.).

Five maps of the Pacific Ocean, featuring an overview map, as well as Hawaii, Victoria Land (Antarctica), Upolu Island (Samoa), Funafuti Atoll (Tuvalu) and the Great Barrier Reef (Australia), in 1969. Maps show cities, topography, volcanos, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands and water de...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Imhof, Eduard, 1895-1986, Art. Institut Orell Füssli AG
Format: Map
Language:unknown
Published: Schweizerische Konferenz der Kantonalen Erziehungsdirektoren 1969
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~348056~90115510
https://media.davidrumsey.com/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/RUMSEY~8~1/199/14401112.jpg
Description
Summary:Five maps of the Pacific Ocean, featuring an overview map, as well as Hawaii, Victoria Land (Antarctica), Upolu Island (Samoa), Funafuti Atoll (Tuvalu) and the Great Barrier Reef (Australia), in 1969. Maps show cities, topography, volcanos, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands and water depths. Relief shown with shading and spot heights. Maps include latitudinal and longitudinal lines, legends, bar scales and scale statements (scales differ). Colored lithograph. Together, maps are 31 x 39 cm, on double sheet 33 x 44 cm. Maps appear in section entitled Grosser Ozean [= Oceania]. Schweizerischer Mittelschulatlas, by Eduard Imhof; published in Zurich, 1969. Fifteenth edition. Title translates to: Swiss middle school atlas. Bound in board, printed with a topographic map on front cover. With title on both front cover and spine, printed in red. Collation: [I], II-VIII, 1-144 pages. Volume comprised of a title page, table of contents, foreword, explanatory text and 289 maps. Geographic coverage includes world and celestial maps, as well as maps of Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Scandinavia, Europe, Asia, Russia, India, Africa, North and South America, the United States and the Polar Regions. Maps show political boundaries, cities, railways, roads, topography, valleys, vegetation, glaciers, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands, water depths and voyage routes of historical explorations. Thematic maps feature topics such as climate, weather, vegetation, glaciers, rivers, oceanography, ethnography, language, religion, economics, natural resources, mining, industry and astronomy. Created for Swiss middle schools.