COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Denoyer-Geppert Company
Author:
News Map of the Week, Inc.
Date:
1950
Short Title:
World News of the Week : Monday, Mar. 27, 1950.
Publisher:
News Map of the Week, Inc.
Publisher Location:
Chicago
Type:
Separate Map
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 March 17 to 23, 1950. 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." Also includes information on Secretary Achieson's 7-Point Peace Proposal, as it relates to locations across the globe, with explanatory text, as well as descriptive text throughout, e.g.: Point 2 : Russia could withdraw its military and police forces from all of the satellite countries. Map indexed according to historical notes beneath map. 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:
Military
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
Topography
Subject:
Data Visualization
Full Title:
World News of the Week : Monday, Mar. 27, 1950. Covering period Mar. 17 to Mar. 23. Volume 12, No. 30. Published and copyrighted (weekly), 1950, 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:
14199.000
Publication Author:
Denoyer-Geppert Company
Publication Author:
News Map of the Week, Inc.
Pub Date:
1950
Pub Title:
World News of the Week : Monday, Mar. 27, 1950. Covering period Mar. 17 to Mar. 23. Volume 12, No. 30. Published and copyrighted (weekly), 1950, 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:
14199.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Height cm:
89
Pub Width cm:
120
Image No:
14199000.jp2
Authors:
Denoyer-Geppert Company; News Map of the Week, Inc.
Link To Source
World News of the Week : Monday, Mar. 27, 1950.
