Map of the Steamship Routes of the World, Mercator Projection, Showing Tracks for Full-Powered Steam Vessels, with Shortest Navigable Distances in Nautical Miles, from Anchorage to Anchorage

Rand McNally & Co.

Published by Chicago c.1920, Chicago, 1920

About this Item

Folding map, apparently issued separately, of the world showing hundreds of criss-crossing routes of steamships. fine condition. All land areas are colored in red. Date is approximate and is largely based on national boundaries in Europe. Russia, not the Soviet Union, is identified, with Petrograd named, not Leningrad to which the name was changed in 1924. Also shown is Czechoslovakia, established after World War I. There are several tables of distances at the bottom, including distances between 15 southwestern Pacific Ocean islands.

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• Title: Map of the Steamship Routes of the World, Mercator Projection, Showing Tracks for Full-Powered Steam Vessels, with Shortest Navigable Distances in Nautical Miles, from Anchorage to Anchorage
• Publisher: Chicago c.1920, Chicago
• Publication Date: 1920
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