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- OBJECT TYPE
- topographical/aeronautical
- DATE
- 1942
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0738.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office
- MODEL
- Border
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- paper; linen backing
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 91.0 cm
- Width
- 65.2 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Navigation instruments & equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Defence UK
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United Kingdom
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWII (1939-1945)
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
two dimensional graphic representation of a section of the earth's surface/used for aerial navigation - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering printed on border above map reads: "ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (Aeronautical Map) 1:500,000 R.A.F. (WAR)/ THE BORDER/AREAS DANGEROUS TO FLYING ARE NOT/INDICATED ON THIS SHEET/THIRD EDITION SHEET 4"; lettering printed on border below map reads: "15,000/6/42 L.R. 70,000/9/42 R./Compiled on a Modified Polyconic Projection (based on the International 1:1,000,000 Map)./from the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain, and Northern Ireland, and Eire; (sic.) 1:253,440, & Admiralty Charts./HEIGHTS IN FEET/G.S.G.S. 4369./Annual change about 10 minutes/HEIGHTS IN FEET"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- colour map on white background
- Decoration
- none
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Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office, Map, circa 1942, Artifact no. 1994.0738, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0738.001/
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