COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Denoyer-Geppert Company
Author:
News Map of the Week, Inc.
Date:
1949
Short Title:
World News of the Week : Monday, Sept. 26, 1949.
Publisher:
News Map of the Week, Inc.
Publisher Location:
Chicago
Type:
Separate Map
Type:
Diagram
Obj Height cm:
49
Obj Width cm:
115
Scale 1:
45,000,000
Note:
Lithographed world map in spherical western and eastern hemispheres, in color. Shows political boundaries and significant events from September 16 to 22, 1949. Relief illustrated with color codes, and hachures. Includes a legend indicating elevation, in feet. "This two-hemisphere globular projection has meridians equally spaced along the equator and parallels equally spaced at the periphery and along the central meridian. It overcomes the exaggeration (or reduction) of areas near the center which is encountered in certain other types of similar projections, emphasizes the spheric shape of the world." Iconography and descriptive text throughout, e.g.: Continuance of relief for Arab refugees and further reconciliation of basic issues between Israel and the Arab states will be supported by the U. S. Map indexed according to historical notes beneath map. With two diagrams: The housing picture -- What devaluation means. Map is 49 x 115 cm (each hemisphere 49 x 57 cm), on sheet 89 x 120 cm, folded to 31 x 23 cm.
World Area:
World
Subject:
Pictorial map
Subject:
Political
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
Topography
Subject:
Statistical
Subject:
Data Visualization
Full Title:
World News of the Week : Monday, Sept. 26, 1949. Covering period Sept. 16 to Sept. 22. Volume 12, No. 4. Published and copyrighted (weekly), 1949, by News Map of the Week, Inc., 1512 Orleans Street, Chicago, Illinois. Published in two sections : Section one. Base map copyrighted by Denoyer-Geppert Company.
List No:
14191.000
Publication Author:
Denoyer-Geppert Company
Publication Author:
News Map of the Week, Inc.
Pub Date:
1949
Pub Title:
World News of the Week : Monday, Sept. 26, 1949. Covering period Sept. 16 to Sept. 22. Volume 12, No. 4. Published and copyrighted (weekly), 1949, by News Map of the Week, Inc., 1512 Orleans Street, Chicago, Illinois. Published in two sections : Section one. Base map copyrighted by Denoyer-Geppert Company.
Pub List No:
14191.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Height cm:
89
Pub Width cm:
120
Image No:
14191000.jp2
Authors:
Denoyer-Geppert Company; News Map of the Week, Inc.
Link To Source
World News of the Week : Monday, Sept. 26, 1949.
