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Four maps of the world, featuring the Western and Eastern Hemispheres, as well as the North and South Poles, in 1969. Maps show topography, bodies of water, drainage, ice coverage, coastlines, islands, water depths and historic voyage routes. Relief shown with shading and spot heights. Maps include...

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Main Authors: Imhof, Eduard, 1895-1986, Art. Institut Orell Füssli AG
Format: Map
Language:unknown
Published: Schweizerische Konferenz der Kantonalen Erziehungsdirektoren 1969
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Summary:Four maps of the world, featuring the Western and Eastern Hemispheres, as well as the North and South Poles, in 1969. Maps show topography, bodies of water, drainage, ice coverage, coastlines, islands, water depths and historic voyage routes. Relief shown with shading and spot heights. Maps include latitudinal and longitudinal lines, legends, bar scales, scale statements (scales differ) and explanatory notes. Colored lithograph. Together, maps are 31 x 39 cm, on double sheet 33 x 44 cm. Maps appear in sections entitled Erdübersichten [= Earth] and Polargebiete [= Polar regions]. 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.