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OBJECT TYPE: topographical/aeronautical
DATE: 1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0759.002

MANUFACTURER: Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office
MODEL: Egypt
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 74.0 cm
Width: 61.5 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: Egypt
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945)/ this map is July 1942 revised issue of an original first published in 1938
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: "AFRICA 1:2,000,000/EGYPT/REFER TO THIS MAP AS/AFRICA 1:2,000,000 Sheet EGYPT/NORTH/I 36-37/H 36-37"; lettering printed on border below map reads: "Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 2871/Published at the War Office, 1936./communications revised and minor/corrections 1938. 1942./M.D.R. 538/1560/Note: In the area of the Nile delta, most railways have motor roads running/parallel. For the sake of clearness these roads have been omitted./Projection of the International Map/1:2,000,000/Printed by 46th Survey Coy. S.A.E.C. July 1942."
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour map on white background
Decoration: none

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Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office, Map, 1942, Artifact no. 1994.0759, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0759.002/

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