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OBJECT TYPE: topographical/folding
DATE: 1942
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.1690.001

MANUFACTURER: Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office
MODEL: Reading & Newbury
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
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: 76.2 cm
Width: 56.1 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: Defence UK
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
Period: WWII (1939-1945); originally published 1941; this map printed by Ordnance Survey 1942
Canada: Unknown
Function: three-dimensional representation of a portion of the earth's surface/ used for aerial navigation
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering along top border reads: "ORDNANCE SURVEY OF ENGLAND AND WALES/READING & NEWBURY/5TH EDITION STYLE/SECOND WAR REVISION 1940 SHEET 113"; lettering on border below map includes: "Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 3907./Published at the War Office, 1941./Contour Inteval 50 feet/Scale: One Inch to One Statute Mile = 1/63360/HEIGHTS IN FEET/ORDNANCE SURVEY, 1942./Crown copyright Reserved."
Missing: N/A
Finish: colour map
Decoration: none

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Geographical Section, General Staff, War Office, Map, 1942, Artifact no. 2004.1690, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2004.1690.001/

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