Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: World News of the Week : Monday, Sept. 18, 1950.
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Author:
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Denoyer-Geppert Company
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Author:
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News Map of the Week, Inc.
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Date:
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1950
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Short Title:
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World News of the Week : Monday, Sept. 18, 1950.
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Publisher:
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News Map of the Week, Inc.
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Publisher Location:
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Chicago
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Type:
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Separate Map
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Type:
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Diagram
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Obj Height cm:
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49
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Obj Width cm:
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115
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Scale 1:
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45,000,000
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Note:
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Lithographed world map in spherical western and eastern hemispheres, in color. Shows political boundaries and significant events from September 8 to 14, 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 national games across the globe, with explanatory text, as well as descriptive text throughout, e.g.: Egypt : Soccer football ; Japan : Baseball. Map indexed according to historical notes beneath map. With three inset maps: Belgium -- National vote on King's return -- The War in Korea. Also, with two diagrams: Railroad -- The government. Map is 49 x 115 cm (each hemisphere 49 x 57 cm), on sheet 89 x 120 cm, folded to 31 x 23 cm.
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World Area:
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World
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Country:
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Belgium
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Country:
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Korea
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Event:
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Korean War
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Subject:
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Pictorial map
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Subject:
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Political
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Subject:
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Historical
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Subject:
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Topography
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Subject:
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Statistical
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Subject:
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Data Visualization
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Full Title:
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World News of the Week : Monday, Sept. 18, 1950. Covering period Sept. 8 to Sept. 14. Volume 13, No. 3. 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.
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List No:
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14204.000
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Publication Author:
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Denoyer-Geppert Company
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Publication Author:
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News Map of the Week, Inc.
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Pub Date:
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1950
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Pub Title:
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World News of the Week : Monday, Sept. 18, 1950. Covering period Sept. 8 to Sept. 14. Volume 13, No. 3. 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.
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Pub List No:
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14204.000
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Pub Type:
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Separate Map
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Pub Height cm:
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89
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Pub Width cm:
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120
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Image No:
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14204000.jp2
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Authors:
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Denoyer-Geppert Company; News Map of the Week, Inc.
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