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- OBJECT TYPE
- topographical/aeronautical/folding
- DATE
- 1942
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0894.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Army Map Service, U.S. Army
- MODEL
- Biskra
- LOCATION
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
More Information
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
- 107.0 cm
- Width
- 71.2 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
- Africa
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWII (1939-1945); this map reprinted Sept. 1942
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
two dinensional representation of a portion of the earth's surface/ used for aerial navigation - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering printed across top border reads: "1:500,000 AFRICA (AIR)/For use by/War and Navy Department Agencies only/Not for sale or distribution/HEIGHTS IN METRES/ BISKRA/SOUTHERN ZONE LAYER SYSTEM/N.E.34/4"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- colour map on white sheet; blue, brown & purple overprint
- Decoration
- none
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Army Map Service, U.S. Army, Map, 1942, Artifact no. 1994.0894, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0894.001/
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