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OBJECT TYPE: topographical/aeronautical/folding
DATE: 1939
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1994.0879.001

MANUFACTURER: U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office
MODEL: Pacific Ocean
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: 117.2 cm
Width: 89.1 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 a 46th ed. (published 1939) of an original published June 1896
Canada: Unknown
Function: two-dimensional representation of a portion of the earth's surface/ used for aerial navigation
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: legend printed on legend reads: [Logo: "HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE/U.S. NAVY"]/"PACIFIC OCEAN/Compiled from the latest information to 1938/Rocks and dangers below sea level have been omitted from/this chart. For such details see charts of larger scale/Natural Scale 1:21,912,992 at Lat.0 (degrees)"; lettering on border below map reads: "Washington, D.C., published June 1896 at the Hydrographic Office,/under the authority of the SECRETARY OF THE NAVY./New Publication:46thEd.,Apr.1939/46th EDITION, April 1939/Price 60 cents/No. 1500"
Missing: N/A
Finish: b + w map (land shaded grey) on white sheet
Decoration: none

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U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, Map, 1939, Artifact no. 1994.0879, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0879.001/

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