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OBJECT TYPE: topographical/aeronautical
DATE: 1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0779.001

MANUFACTURER: Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, US Army
MODEL: Cape Farewell
LOCATION: Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

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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: 121.0 cm
Width: 83.0 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: Defense US
Country: United States of America
State/Province: District of Columbia
City: Washington

Context

Country: Worldwide
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945)/ this map is dated October 1942
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: "CAPE FAREWELL N5600-W3800/600X1800/REGIONAL AERONAUTICAL CHART/Advance Proof/Subject to Correction/Lambert Conformal Conic Projection Standard Parallels 55 [degrees] and 65 [degrees] Scale 1:1,000,000/RESTRICTED/CAPE FAREWELL"; lettering printed on border below map reads: "CAPE FAREWELL/Aeronautical Information October 1942/WARNING: Due to war conditions, lights, radio fa-/cilities and other aids to navigation may be changed/or discontinued without notice./RESTRICTED/CAUTION/Streams or contours shown on this chart by dashed/or broken lines indicate that the exact position or shape/of the charted feature is doubtful./CONTOURS AND ELEVATIONS/IN FEET/For use by/War and Navy Dept. Agencies only./Not for sale or distribution./NOTE: Officers using this chart will mark hereon/corrections and additions which come to their/attention and mail direct to Map-Chart Division,/Headquarters Army Air Forces, Washington, D.C./ARMY MAP SERVICE, U.S. ARMY, WASHINGTON, D.C. 113840/1942/Scale 1:1,000,000/CAPE FAREWELL/GREENLAND/N5600-W3800/600X1800/AERONAUTICAL CHART"
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour map on white background
Decoration: none

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Army Map Service, Corps of Engineers, US Army, Map, 1942, Artifact no. 1994.0779, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0779.001/

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