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OBJECT TYPE: topographical/aeronautical
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0766.001

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

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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: 88.8 cm
Width: 66.4 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: Africa
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945)/ this map is dated 1940
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/IMPORTANT/AIR CORRIDORS and PROHIBITED AREAS/are not marked on this map. For these and/OBLIGATORY AIR ROUTES the regulations in/force in each country should be consulted/MAURITANIE/WITH AIR INFORMATION as supplied/by the AIR MINISTRY/FIRST EDITION"; lettering printed on border below map reads: "Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 2871./War Office 1940./12/41/G.S.G.S./Projection of the International Map./48 m. L.M.T. behind G.M.T./Scale 1:2.000.000/Copied from French map of 1938./Printed at War Office."
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour map on white background
Decoration: none

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Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office, Map, 1940, Artifact no. 1994.0766, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0766.001/

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