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OBJECT TYPE: topographical/aeronautical
DATE: 1915
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0778.001

MANUFACTURER: Survey of India
MODEL: Andaman Sheet
LOCATION: Calcutta, India

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
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: 81.0 cm
Width: 65.9 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: India
Country: India
State/Province: Unknown
City: Calcutta

Context

Country: India
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945)/ this map published in 1915 but context (with other maps in this accession) suggests in use during WWII
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: "INDIA/SOUTHERN ASIA SERIES./ANDAMAN SHEET/For oficial use only - B/Sheet Limits/Lat: 8[degrees] - 16[degrees] North/Long 84[degrees] - 96[degrees] East"; lettering printed on border below map reads: "REG. NO. 1108. D 14 . 650-150-200-4,000 42./Published under the direction of Colonel Sir S. G. Burrard, K.C.S.I., R.E., F.R.S., Surveyor General of India./1915./Scale 1/2,000,000 or 1.014 Inches to 32 Miles./HELIOZINCOGRAPHED AT THE SURVEY OF INDIA OFFICES, CALCUTTA."
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour map on white background
Decoration: none

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Survey of India, Map, 1915, Artifact no. 1994.0778, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0778.001/

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