The World Map Compiled and Drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society for the National Geographic Magazine, Gilbert Grosvenor, Editor. Van der Grinten's Projection Scale 1:40,000,000 or 632 Miles to the Inch.

[NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC], GROSVENOR, Gilbert (ed.)

Published by Baltimore MdLithographed by A. Hoen and Co. December ., 1951

About this Item

Colour printed map of The World with the Americas at the centre (66.5 x 104 cm) folding to 14 x 21 cm. Showing principal railways, principal roads, canals, ocean currents, passes, principal airports, elevations and depths in feet. With inset maps showing The United Nations, International Time Zones, The Arctic Circle, Antarctica. Old fold creases, some trivial browning and nicks along folds. Generally a very good example. "Gilbert Grosvenor was elected president of the National Geographic Society in 1920. During his administration, greatly increased revenues enabled the society to send out numerous expeditions to the North and South poles, into the stratosphere, and to the ocean depths and to conduct a myriad of other investigations." (Britannica).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The World Map Compiled and Drawn in the Cartographic Section of the National Geographic Society for the National Geographic Magazine, Gilbert Grosvenor, Editor. Van der Grinten's Projection Scale 1:40,000,000 or 632 Miles to the Inch.
• Publisher: Baltimore MdLithographed by A. Hoen and Co. December .
• Publication Date: 1951
• Seller catalogs:
  • MAPS - WORLD