World Surface Routes. Edited by John Bartholomew, M.C., LL.D. The Geographical Institute Edinburgh. Copyright, John Bartholomew & Son, LTD.
Full color map. with text indicating: Projection of the Sphere by Gerardus Mercator in 1569. First published at Duisburg in 1569 Showing states of the World as in 1957 with principal Cities, Railways, Roads, and Canals also Ocean routes of navigation, Standard time zones, Currents, Drift-ice limits...
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| Summary: | Full color map. with text indicating: Projection of the Sphere by Gerardus Mercator in 1569. First published at Duisburg in 1569 Showing states of the World as in 1957 with principal Cities, Railways, Roads, and Canals also Ocean routes of navigation, Standard time zones, Currents, Drift-ice limits and Terrestrial magnetism. No. 1591, and Dec. 57, marked on the lower corners of plate. The Times Atlas on the upper left corner. Prime meridian is Greenwich. Published in 5 volumes, 1955-1959, with 122 colored double page map sheets, and a comprehensive index of over 200,000 names. Because of the long production times involved in the work of compiling the detailed maps, the volumes were arranged in continental groupings with volume III, North Europe, coming out first, followed by another volume each year. V.1. The World, Australasia & East Asia --V.2. South-West Asia & Russia --V.3. Northern Europe --V.4. Southern Europe & Africa --V.5. The Americas. with an Index-Gazetteer. Bound in red linen, with label stamped in real gold reading "The Times Atlas of the World, Mid-Century Edition." |
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